The Makers of the Sacred Harp
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-07760-9 (ISBN)
This authoritative reference work investigates the roots of the Sacred Harp, the central collection of the deeply influential and long-lived southern tradition of shape-note singing. Where other studies of the Sacred Harp have focused on the sociology of present-day singers and their activities, David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan concentrate on the regional culture that produced the Sacred Harp in the nineteenth century and delve deeply into history of its authors and composers. They trace the sources of every tune and text in the Sacred Harp, from the work of B. F. White, E. J. King, and their west Georgia contemporaries who helped compile the original collection in 1844 to the contributions by various composers to the 1936 to 1991 editions. The Makers of the Sacred Harp also includes analyses of the textual influences on the music--including metrical psalmody, English evangelical poets, American frontier preachers, camp meeting hymnody, and revival choruses--and essays placing the Sacred Harp as a product of the antebellum period with roots in religious revivalism. Drawing on census reports, local histories, family Bibles and other records, rich oral interviews with descendants, and Sacred Harp Publishing Company records, this volume reveals new details and insights about the history of this enduring American musical tradition.
David Warren Steel is an associate professor of music and southern culture at the University of Mississippi. Richard H. Hulan is an independent scholar of American folk hymnody.
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction xi
David Warren Steel
PART ONE: THE BOOK
1. The Origins of the Sacred Harp 3
2. The Chattahoochee Valley 12
3. The Westward Migration 14
4. The Sacred Harp and the Civil War 16
5. Musical Families 20
6. Professions and Occupations 32
7. Teachers and Tradition 36
8. The Styles of Sacred Harp Music 39
PART TWO: THE WORDS
9. Frontiers of the American Hymn 57 Richard H. Hulan 10. Sketches of Selected Poets and Hymn Writers 70 Richard H. Hulan
PART THREE: THE COMPOSERS
11. Biographical Sketches of the Composers 81
12. Sacred Harp Composers, Arranged by Birth Date 173
PART FOUR: THE SONGS
13. The Songs of the Sacred Harp 179
14. Sources for the Songs 247
Notes 257
Bibliography 263
Index 299
| Reihe/Serie | Music in American Life |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Richard H. Hulan |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 black & white photographs, 3 charts, 1 table |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 481 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 0-252-07760-1 / 0252077601 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-07760-9 / 9780252077609 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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