Singing The Glory Down : Amateur Gospel Music in South Central Kentucky, 1900-1990 /

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In Singing the Glory Down, William Lynwood Montell contributes to a fuller understanding of twentieth-century American culture by examining the complex relationships between gospel music and the culture of the nineteen-county study area in which this music has flourished for a hundred years. He has...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montell, William Lynwood, 1931- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1991]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gospelsong
Gospel music.
MUSIC > Religious > Contemporary Christian.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Gospel > Kentucky > Histoire et critique.
Gospel music > Kentucky > History and criticism.
Zentralkentucky > Süd
Kentucky.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The shape-note era
  • The singing convention movement
  • Shape-notes and early gospel quartets
  • The transition years
  • The beginnings of a new era
  • Present times
  • Walking straighter and narrower
  • Singing the glory down
  • Singing families.

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