Talk:Mattie Moss Clark

Trinity College
This page currently links to the disambiguation page for Trinity College. Can anyone let me know which one she received the award from so I can correct it? Thanks Kiwimandy 21:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


 * According to the All Music Guide article, this college was in Pennsylvania, but I don't think that there's a page for a Trinity College in Pa. Keekee 20:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

three-part harmony
"Clark is credited for creating the three-part harmony" according to the lede. How can this be? If we do a wikipedia search for three-part harmony we get enough links that suggest that people were aware of and using three-part harmony before she was born. The claim needs to be qualified, confirmed and citied. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:41, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

That statement, in its present form, is completely false. is a link to a Youtube video where, @ :20, gospel singer Shirley Caesar explains this statement. I think that it was worded incorrectly here. Shirley states that Dr. Clark was the first to split up the harmony, and have that voice (soprano, alto or tenor) sing the melody separately. It normally comes after the verses of the song. An example would be Dorinda Clark-Cole's performance of "Complete the Work" with the FAMU gospel choir @ 4:20. This is pretty common in most choral gospel music today, and I think that Dr. Clark should receive credit for its introduction. It needs to be worded correctly though. Cheers! 75.102.128.163 (talk) 04:07, 24 April 2009 (UTC)G