In the spirit : Alabama's sacred music traditions

Willett, Henry. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1881320545
Physical Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Publisher: Montgomery, AL : Black Belt Press for the Alabama Folklife Association, c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical and discographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

African-American covenanters of Selma, Alabama / Henry Willet -- Moan-and-prayer event in African-American worship / Willie Collins -- Singing "Dr. Watts" : a venerable hymn tradition among African Americans in Alabama / Joyce Cauthen -- Sand Mountain's Wootten family : sacred harp singers / Buell Cobb -- Judge Jackson and the Colored Sacred Harp / Henry Willett -- Deasons : a Christian Harmony family / Anne H.F. Kimzey -- Seven-shape-note gospel music in Northern Alabama : the case of the Athens Music Company / Charles Wolfe -- Shape-note gospel singing on Sand Mountain / Joyce Cauthen --Of related interest : convention gospel singing in Alabama / Fred C. Fussell -- Community and the Jefferson County, Alabama, gospel quartet tradition / Doug Seroff -- Cry holy unto the Lord : tradition and diversity in Bluegrass gospel music / Jack Bernhardt -- Of related interest : Margie Sullivan : mother of Bluegrass gospel / Erin Kellen.