Gospel

Die Chormappe erscheint zu Beginn jedes neuen Jahres. Für viele Chöre dient sie als Repertoire-Fundgrube für das ganze Jahr. Sie begleitet die Sängerinnen und Sänger nicht nur beim Chortag des EJW, sondern wird 2026 als Sonderausgabe für das European Gospel Festival (01.-03. Mai 2026) erscheinen. Damit ist die Chormappe 2026 das offizielle Songbook des European Gospel Festival.Neben den Festival-Songs enthält die Chormappe auch weitere Gospel- und Popsongs, Worshipsongs und Gemeindelieder in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Die Chormappe 2026 erscheint in Kooperation mit Creative Kirche, Gospel im Osten und dem Evangelischen Jugendwerk in Württemberg.Es wird keine ergänzende Klavierausgabe zur Chormappe 2026 geben. Aus dem Inhalt: ¿ The Choir Room: "Celebration" & "Let's have church" ¿ Trey McLaughlin / Matt Redman: "Better Is One Day" ¿ Nina Luna: "Colour The World" ¿ YADA-Worship / YOU/C: "Alles tanzt"

Die Chormappe erscheint zu Beginn eines neuen Jahres. Sie begleitet die Chöre nicht nur beim Chortag des EJW, sondern ist für viele Chöre eine Repertoire-Fundgrube fürs ganze Jahr. Neben Gospel- und Popsongs, Worshipsongs und Gemeindeliedern ist auch das jeweilige Lied zur Jahreslosung enthalten. In der Chormappe 2025 mit dabei sind u.a. "Hold On To Me" von Lauren Daigle, "The Lord Is My Light" von Oslo Gospel Choir, "Kyrie Eleison (Hope For The World)" von 'Gospel im Osten', "Praise" von Elevation Worship, zwei YOU/C-Songs sowie verschiedene Titel aus "Das Liederbuch 2".Zur Chormappe 2025 gibt es den passenden Klaviersatz (Loseblatt in Folie).

Die Chormappe erscheint zu Beginn eines neuen Jahres. Sie begleitet die Chöre nicht nur beim Chortag des EJW, sondern ist für viele Chöre eine Repertoire-Fundgrube fürs ganze Jahr. Neben Gospel- und Popsongs, Worshipsongs und Gemeindeliedern ist auch das jeweilige Lied zur Jahreslosung enthalten. In der Chormappe 2025 mit dabei sind u.a. "Hold On To Me" von Lauren Daigle, "The Lord Is My Light" von Oslo Gospel Choir, "Kyrie Eleison (Hope For The World)" von 'Gospel im Osten', "Praise" von Elevation Worship, zwei YOU/C-Songs sowie verschiedene Titel aus "Das Liederbuch 2".

Die aktuelle Liederbuch-Ausgabe speziell für Gitarren-Einsteiger: Alle Lieder wurden in ihren Akkorden so vereinfacht, dass sie auch von Gitarren-Anfängern und Neulingen leicht gespielt und begleitet werden können. Hierfür wurden speziell 100 Songs aus dem neuen 'Feiert Jesus! 6'-Liederbuch ausgewählt. Zudem enthält das Liederbuch wertvolle Tipps zur Gitarrenbegleitung und Griffbilder aller benötigten Akkorde.

Words we sing in worship have great power to shape our beliefs and actions. This is the second collection of hymns by Jann Aldredge-Clanton with composer Larry E. Schultz. These hymns, like those in the first collection, will contribute to an expansive theology and an ethic of equality and justice in human relationships. Inclusive Hymns for Liberation, Peace, and Justice will empower people to take prophetic action on gender, race, interfaith cooperation, sexual orientation, ecology, and other social justice issues. These hymns include female and male divine images to support the foundational biblical truth that all people are created equally in the divine image (Genesis 1:27). Inclusive Hymns for Liberation, Peace, and Justice will instill belief in the sacredness of all people and all creation. The predominant themes of social justice, peace, liberation, care of creation, partnership in relationships, and unity in diversity come from the prophetic tradition in Scripture. This collection also includes hymns of lament and hymns that celebrate special occasions. Many of the hymns are appropriate for interfaith settings. Most of the hymns are set to widely known tunes, many with fresh arrangements.

Music has great power to touch the heart and change the world. Words we sing in worship shape our beliefs and actions. The inclusive songs in this collection will contribute to social justice, peace, equality, and expansive spiritual experience. This collection includes all new songs, most to widely-known tunes and some to new tunes. Many of the songs are appropriate for interfaith settings. A special feature of this new collection is the inclusion of multigenerational short songs for various parts of worship services, such as invocations and benedictions. The songs in this collection name Deity as female and male and more to support the foundational biblical truth that all people are created equally in the divine image (Genesis 1:27). Earth Transformed with Music! Inclusive Songs for Worship will instill belief in the sacredness of all people and all creation. The predominant themes of gender equality, racial equality, marriage equality, economic justice, care of creation, and peacemaking flow from the prophetic tradition in Scripture. This collection also includes songs for comfort, healing, celebration, and thanksgiving.

A unique tribute to often overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on Gospel Music—powerful talents who overcame racism and sexism to define the genre, establish its sound, and set the standard for good sangin’ for generations.Nothing in the world soothes the soul better than Gospel music. From the foot-stomping, hand-clapping melodies of yesterday to the head-bobbing, bass-thumping hits of today, Gospel music ignites the spirit and delivers the inspiration that takes us from the rough side of the mountain to the peak of God’s love and grace. That feeling of joy, peace, love, and contentment is amplified when it’s ringing through the voice of a sister who can SANG, Cheryl Wills reminds us. The remedy for a tough day at work can be alleviated with Mary Mary’s uplifting jam Shackles, the answer to your heart’s desires can be found in the harmonies of The Clark Sisters Name It, Claim It, and if you need a reminder of God’s love, there is nothing more timeless that Aretha Franklin’s stirring rendition of Amazing Grace.Some talented performers, like Sister Rosetta Tharpe have faded from history, while singers like Yolanda Adams are at the top of her game. During the twentieth century, Willie Mae Ford spent most of her life encouraging and uplifting Christians both in church and on stage and composed more than 100 Gospel songs, yet it was men like her co-writer, Thomas A. Dorsey, who received the accolades and fame. Many women in the Gospel music industry go unnoticed, unpaid, and under-appreciated for their contributions, yet it is these women who are often the bedrock for songwriting, arranging, directing, and developing singers. Cheryl Wills, the granddaughter of a Gospel singer, at last shines a spotlight on these spectacular women of song. The only book of its kind, Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! showcase the talents, gifts, and skills of women in the Gospel music industry. It celebrates these heroines, chronicles their journeys from the choir loft to the world’s largest stages, and reveals how they revolutionized this sacred music that is beloved worldwide. From the matriarchs of this movement to today’s chart-topping divas, Wills offers in-depth portraits of twenty-five amazing women of Gospel music—based on interviews and extensive research—behind-the-scenes stories of favorite gospel hits, and illuminates what makes each of them shine. 

From the classical violinist to the hip hop producer, creating music pays homage to principles of harmony. It is not just the sum of the musical parts that makes a song come alive, but how every part interacts with others to create more harmonies, enriched melodies, dynamic rhythms, and more interaction. Composers, engineers, producers and performing musicians constantly use the harmonic principles derived from basic acoustics every time they work through a piece. This book offers a deep analytical dive into the theories of harmonics. It explores many nontraditional approaches such as extended and hyperextended chords and it includes an explanation for the consonance of the elusive minor triad. The book also covers voicing and arranging from a vertical or harmonic perspective, a system of classifying the sonority of each chord, how extended chords impact the listener, and how the composer applies these principles.

“A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)—from the acclaimed music journalist and author featured prominently in the new HBO documentary Mavis!<BR><BR>This is the untold story of living legend Mavis Staples—lead singer of the Staple Singers and a major figure in the music that shaped the civil rights era. One of the most enduring artists of popular music, Mavis and her talented family fused gospel, soul, folk, and rock to transcend racism and oppression through song. Honing her prodigious talent on the Southern gospel circuit of the 1950s, Mavis and the Staple Singers went on to sell more than 30 million records, with message-oriented soul music that became a soundtrack to the civil rights movement—inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr. himself.<BR> <BR>Critically acclaimed biographer and Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot cuts to the heart of Mavis Staples’s music, revealing the intimate stories of her sixty-year career. From her love affair with Bob Dylan, to her creative collaborations with Prince, to her recent revival alongside Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, this definitive account shows Mavis as you’ve never seen her before. I’ll Take You There was written with the complete cooperation of Mavis and her family. Readers will also hear from Prince, Bonnie Raitt, David Byrne, and many others whose lives have been influenced by Mavis’s talent.<BR> <BR>Filled with never-before-told stories, this fascinating biography illuminates a legendary singer and group during a historic period of change in America. “Ultimately, Kot depicts the endurance of Mavis Staples and her family’s music as an inspiration, a saga that takes us, like the song that inspired this book’s name, to a place where ain’t nobody crying” (The Washington Post).

Anthony Heilbut is a Grammy-winning record producer famous for his work with gospel music; he is also the author of The Gospel Sound, which celebrates the sound and contributors of the gospel scene. He is an agnostic with Jewish roots who adores gospel music. The Fan Who Knew Too Much, extends "...Heilbut's fascination with outsiders, loners, and exiles in 20th-century American Culture (Ian Crouch).”<BR><BR>The book is comprised of eight essays that range from art to obsession. Heilbut explores the roles of gays in the gospel church, profiles the life and work of Aretha Franklin, discusses the rise of the soap opera and Irna Phillips, its most influential figure, detours to an expose on male sopranos, and explores the roles of émigrés from Hitler's Germany to America. On this broad journey through American culture, "Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor...I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author (Paul Simon).”<BR>

This is a fascinating and thoroughly researched exploration of the best-selling gospel album of all time. For two days in January 1972, Aretha Franklin sang at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles while tape recorders and film cameras rolled. Everyone there knew the event had the potential to be historic: five years after ascending to soul royalty and commercial success, Franklin was publicly returning to her religious roots. Her influential minister father stood by her on the pulpit. Her mentor, Clara Ward, sat in the pews. Franklin responded to the occasion with the performance of her life and the resulting double album became a multi-million seller - even without any trademark hit singles. But that was just one part of the story. Franklin's warm inimitable voice, virtuoso jazz-soul instrumental group and Rev. James Cleveland's inventive choral arrangements transformed the course of gospel. Through new interviews, musical and theological analyses as well as archival discoveries, this book sets the scene, traces the recording's traditional origins and pop infusions and describes the album's enduring impact.