Category Archives: Black Gospel Music Restoration Project

A Sisyphean* Task, An Unending Passion: “A Life’s Work” and Its Connection to the BGMRP

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Eric Ames

Back in 2010, a crew of professional documentary filmmakers visited the Digitization Projects Group. They were on a mission: to interview and film the team of professionals working on the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP), a project brought to … Continue reading →

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Getting to Know the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Eric Ames

One of our bigger projects here at the Digitization Projects Group is the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP). Established in 2008, it seeks to preserve America’s proud tradition of black gospel music through digitization, access, and new research. From … Continue reading →

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Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Popular Sheet Music & Black Gospel Music Restoration Project: A Comparison

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Eric Ames

Amanda Harlan presented at the Music Library Association Annual Meeting, Wednesday, March 24th. She did a comparison of the metadata workflow between two major digital music collections at Baylor University: the Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Popular Sheet Music … Continue reading →

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New Interviews

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Eric Ames

Please see http://www.baylor.edu/lib/gospel for some interviews of Robert Darden and Bob Marovich about the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

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Robert Darden featured in documentary

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Eric Ames

Our own Robert Darden is part of the following documentary. Please click to view the video. Looking for Rare Gospel Vinyl

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