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| has gloss | (noun) folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) gospel, gospel singing |
| lexicalization | eng: gospel singing |
| lexicalization | eng: gospel |
| subclass of | (noun) the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community folk music, ethnic music, folk |
| has subclass | (noun) a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup doo-wop |
| has subclass | (noun) a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement" soul |
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| has category | (noun) singing without instrumental accompaniment a capella singing, a cappella singing |
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