Singing the glory down : amateur gospel music in South Central Kentucky, 1900-1990 / / William Lynwood Montell

• Autore: Montell William Lynwood <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1991; ©1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.25/09769/6
• Soggetto topico: Gospel music - Kentucky - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 social
• Titolo autorizzato: Singing the glory down
• ISBN: 0-8131-5731-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460412003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II