02771nam 2200553 450 991082093090332120200520144314.00-8131-5731-5(CKB)3710000000334124(EBL)1915289(SSID)ssj0001436077(PQKBManifestationID)11919336(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001436077(PQKBWorkID)11434805(PQKB)10993075(OCoLC)900344673(MdBmJHUP)muse44167(Au-PeEL)EBL1915289(CaPaEBR)ebr11009830(CaONFJC)MIL691115(MiAaPQ)EBC1915289(EXLCZ)99371000000033412420150206h19911991 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSinging the glory down amateur gospel music in South Central Kentucky, 1900-1990 /William Lynwood MontellLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1991.©19911 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59833-9 0-8131-1757-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Shape-Note Era; 2. The Singing Convention Movement; 3. Shape-Notes and Early Gospel Quartets; 4. The Transition Years; 5. The Beginnings of a New Era; 6. Present Times; 7. Walking Straighter and Narrower; 8. Singing the Glory Down; 9. Singing Families; Conclusion; Appendix A: South Central Kentucky Singing Groups; Appendix B: South Central Kentucky Shape-Note Teachers; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn 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 recorded the memories and feelings of those who were young while the movement gathered steam and who remember it at its high point, and stories about those who have passed over that river about which they loved to sing.In the early 1900's, a singing school or gospel convention was a major socialGospel musicKentuckyHistory and criticismGospel musicHistory and criticism.782.25/09769/6Montell William Lynwood1931-1598366MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820930903321Singing the glory down4076052UNINA