| Description |
159 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Prologue -- Judge Jackson and the Colored sacred harp -- Early days -- "The morning trumpet" -- Broadside hymnody -- The Colored sacred harp -- Folk authorship -- Black borrowers and creators -- A wagon load of song books -- Work meets Judge Jackson -- Byrd's thesis -- Did it need a hard cover? -- Jackson's legacy -- Black sacred harpers on radio and TV -- Jackson's "stable" of composers -- Jackson's children carry on -- Dual purpose of singings -- Black sacred harpers in east Texas -- Viability of sacred harp -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Shape-note singing -- Alabama -- History and criticism.
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Shape-note singing. |
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Alabama. |
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African Americans -- Alabama -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans. |
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Music. |
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Jackson, J. (Judge), 1883-1958.
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Jackson, J. (Judge), 1883-1958. |
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Colored sacred harp.
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Colored sacred harp. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| ISBN |
0967267250 alkaline paper |
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9780967267258 alkaline paper |
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