In The Sound of the Dove, Beverly Bush Patterson explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in the Primitive Baptist churches of Appalachia. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, Patterson explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches, the genesis of their musical practices, and the unexpectedly significant role of women in their conservative congregations.
| ISBN: | 9780252070037 |
| Publication date: | 16th July 2001 |
| Author: | Beverly Bush Patterson |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 238 pages |
| Series: | Music in American Life |
| Genres: |
Music |