soul musicn.
/ˈsəʊl ˌmjuːzɪk/, U.S. /ˈsoʊl ˌmjuzɪk/ 1. figurative and literary. Music of, for, or emanating from the soul.
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soul music1829
soul1965
1829 Foreign Rev. 4 171 That wondrous soul-music of which the purified tones now belong to more exalted spheres.
1871 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 1st Ser. 1 Soul-music. My soul is as a bird Singing in fair weather, [etc.].
1900 W. James Let. 20 July (1920) II. 133 I..sit thinking of letters, and of the soul-music with which they might be filled if my tongue could only utter the thoughts that arise in me to youward.
1953 Boys' Life Sept. 17 Back and forth... with stiff-legged rhythm and throaty chant... It was soul music. He forgot his poverty, his lameness and his hunger.
2002 A. Knowles Bible Guide 235 Here [in the Psalms] is soul music to which we can tune the song of our own spirit.
2. Originally U.S. In early use: any of various types of jazz, blues, or gospel music popularized by African Americans; (later spec.) a kind of pop music originating in the Motown sound and incorporating elements of rock music with rhythm and blues (now usually shortened to soul n. 3d).
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rooty-toot1852
soul music1920
Chicago1923
gutbucket1925
symphonic jazz1926
Dixieland1927
jive1928
white jazz1931
Harlem1934
jump1937
New Orleans1938
free jazz1941
progressive jazz1944
bebop1945
gypsy swing1945
modern jazz1946
bop1948
new jazz1949
cool1952
Afro-jazz1954
funk1954
gypsy jazz1955
trad jazz1955
trad1956
whorehouse music1956
new thing1962
fusion1965
1920 Chicago Defender 24 July 3/2 The hundreds who enjoyed the fine jazz and soul music played by J. Nimrod Jones' crack orchestra.
1948 Washington Post 3 Dec. 12 c/7 The great American public still hasn't gone overboard for the discordant jumble of ‘soul music’ they call Be-Bop, Re-Bop, Tea-Hop or what have you.
1959 Ebony Nov. Contents 4/2 White blues singer..Barbara Dane keeps ‘soul’ music alive.
1965 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. 17/2 Many of today's teen-age listeners find the Beatle sound too ‘toppy’, and prefer the heavy bass accent of the ‘Motown sound’, also known as ‘soul music’.
1974 Black World Mar. 57/2 Soul music belched from windows where Black women wearing tired faces gazed impassively down at the hopeless street.
1996 Q Jan. 123/2 Butler is neither black nor gay, but he does understand soul music.
2009 New Yorker 27 Apr. 7/1 The monthly party..fills this Brooklyn soul-food spot with the hip-shaking sounds of vintage soul music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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