Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong - Brossura

Bealle, John

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ISBN 10: 0820319880 ISBN 13: 9780820319889

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1997

Riassunto

The Sacred Harp, a tunebook that first appeared in 1844, has stood as a model of early American musical culture for most of this century. Tunebooks such as this, printed in shape notes for public singing and singing schools, followed the New England tradition of singing hymns and Psalms from printed music. Nineteeth-century Americans were inundated by such books, but only the popularity of The Sacred Harp has endured throughout the twentieth century.

With this tunebook as his focus, John Bealle surveys definitive moments in American musical history, from the lively singing schools of the New England Puritans to the dramatic theological crises that split New England Congregationalism, from the rise of the genteel urban mainstream in frontier Cincinnati to the bold "New South" movement that sought to transform the southern economy, from the nostalgic culture-writing era of the Great Depression to the post-World War II folksong revival.

Although Bealle finds that much has changed in the last century, the custodians of the tradition of Sacred Harp singing have kept it alive and accessible in an increasingly diverse cultural marketplace. Public Worship, Private Faith is a thorough and readable analysis of the historical, social, musical, theological, and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Bealle is an independent folklore researcher who has taught at Indiana University, the University of Alabama, and Miami University. His work has been published in Western Folklore and Ethnomusicology.

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Book by Bealle John

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0820319880
• ISBN 13: 9780820319889
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320