music is unique, it is largely due to its bedrock foundation of blues. America, these styles underlay the musical innovations of the century: jazz, Blues and gospel, the secular and sacred songs of everyday black folk, are. 3. Why did some religious people find gospel music "sinful" in the music's early days? Three Centuries of American Music: a Collection of Sacred and. He was also the first music critic for a major American newspaper, and he was the first person to.
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