The Sound of Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches

ISBN-13: 9780252070037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 264 str.

Patterson, Beverly

Opis

Explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist churches. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, the author explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches.