Mattie Moss Clark

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Dr. Mattie Moss Clark
Background information
Birth name	Mattie Juliet Moss
Born	(1925-03-26)March 26, 1925 Selma, Alabama, U.S.
Died	September 22, 1994(1994-09-22) (aged 69) Southfield, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Gospel urban contemporary gospel Christian R&B
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer manager composer choir director
Instruments	Vocals piano keyboards
Labels	Capitol Christian Music Group Sound of Gospel Westbound Elektra Rejoice Sparrow Kapp Savoy Malaco Bilesse Mattie Moss Clark Records

Mattie Moss Clark (born Mattie Juliet Moss; March 26, 1925 – September 22, 1994) was an American gospel choir director and the mother of The Clark Sisters, a gospel vocal group. She was the longest-serving International Minister of Music for the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). "Her arrangements, perhaps influenced by her classical training, replaced the unison or two-part textures of earlier gospel music with three-part settings of the music for soprano, alto, and tenor voice ranges—a technique that remained common in gospel choir music for decades afterward."^[1]