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Lining out the word : Dr. Watts hymn singing in the music of Black Americans

William T. Dargan and Isaac Watts c2006 © University of California Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780520928923 (ebook)
  • 9780520234482 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Music & Musicology
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page ix)
  • PREFACE (page xi)
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xv)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • PART I. THE PROVERBIAL TREES: PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC MAKING
    • 1. "Blest Be the Tie That Binds": Part I: Congregational Singing as a Worship Ethos for Dr. Watts Hymns (page 23)
    • 2. "Blest Be the Tie That Binds": Part II: Regional Style Traditions of Dr. Watts Hymn Singing (page 46)
    • 3. "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past": The Tradition of Dr. Watts in English Historical Perspective (page 90)
    • 4. "Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee": The Tradition of Dr. Watts in African Historical Perspective (page 103)
    • 5. "I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cries": The Role of Dr. Watts Hymns in the Musical Acculturation of African Americans (page 120)
    • 6. "Go Preach My Gospel, Saith the Lord": Words as Movers and Shakers in African American Music (page 140)
  • PART II. THE PROVERBIAL FOREST: WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC MAKING
    • 7. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say": The Singing Life of the Reverend Doctor C.J. Johnson (1913-1990) (page 169)
    • 8. "Come Ye That Love the Lord": The Lining Out—Ring Shout Continuum and the Five-Key Sequence (page 193)
    • 9. "God Moves in a Mysterious Way": The Lining Out—Ring Shout Continuum beyond Church Walls (page 214)
    • Conclusion (page 235)
    • Appendix A. Selection of Transcribed and Discussed Performances (page 243)
    • Appendix B. Partial Annotated List of Recorded Lining-Out Performances Held in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress (page 257)
  • NOTES (page 261)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 285)
  • DISCOGRAPHY (page 303)
  • INDEX (page 305)
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