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PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press

ISBN-10082031921X

ISBN-139780820319216

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038439394

Product Key Features

Number of Pages328 Pages

Publication NamePublic Worship, Private Faith : Sacred Harp and American Folksong

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Instruction & Study / Voice, Religious / Hymns, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Religious / Christian

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn Bealle

Subject AreaMusic

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-019852

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"A well researched, historically-oriented survey of one element of a larger shape-note singing tradition . . . It will appeal to those already interested in shape-note singing traditions and their revival and to those seeking a more contextual approach to the Sacred Harp's history."--Daniel T. Neely,Yearbook for Traditional Music, "This book contains much important information and benefits from good and ample scholarship. It is the most thorough and detailed account of the history of the Sacred Harp and its cultural significance available."--Steven F. Darsey, "Bealle delves very deeply and intricately into the history of sacred singing in America. . . . Bealle's book contains some historical gems."--Midwest Book Review, "Bealle delves very deeply and intricately into the history of sacred singing in America. . . . Bealle's book contains some historical gems."-- Midwest Book Review, "This superb book contains interdisciplinary scholarship of a high order."--Jeff Titon, coeditor of Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, "A well researched, historically-oriented survey of one element of a larger shape-note singing tradition . . . It will appeal to those already interested in shape-note singing traditions and their revival and to those seeking a more contextual approach to the Sacred Harp's history."--Daniel T. Neely, Yearbook for Traditional Music, "This superb book contains interdisciplinary scholarship of a high order."--Jeff Titon, coeditor ofWorlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, "This book contains much important information and benefits from good and ample scholarship. It is the most thorough and detailed account of the history of the Sacred Harp and its cultural significance available."-- Steven F. Darsey

Dewey Decimal782.27/0975

SynopsisThe 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., Focusing on The Sacred Harp tunebook which first appeared in 1844, this text surveys definitive moments in American musical history and analyzes the historical, social, musical, theological and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing.

LC Classification NumberML3188.B43 1997