Format:
xi, 385 Seiten
,
Notenbeispiele
ISBN:
9780190842796
Content:
Introduction -- Antebellum Psalmody in its Cultural Context -- An Immigrant's Musical Memoir : Clifton's 1819 Original Collection and the Modest Launch of a Tradition -- Institutional Certification : Mason's 1822 Handel and Haydn Society Collection and the First Wave -- Heyday : Kingsley's 1838 Sacred Choir and the Midcentury Mania -- Psalmodic Adaptation as Musical Translation -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Classical Music in Antebellum American Psalmody : The Repertoire -- Appendix 2. The Repertoire by Composer.
Content:
"This is not an autobiography. This book's central characters were in their graves decades before the Oklahoma in which I grew up-far from the American Northeast that was home to most of them-even achieved statehood. But the American musical journey I trace in these pages has stronger autobiographical overtones than we might expect"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
;
Psalmodie
;
Hymne
;
Musikleben
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Liturgischer Gesang
;
Psalmodie
;
USA
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geistliches Lied
;
Choralbuch
;
Gesangbuch
