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Condition
Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Subject
Genealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
ISBN
9780875654164
Subject Area
Référence, History
Publication Name
Legacy of the Sacred Harp
Item Length
8.9 in
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Publication Year
2010
Type
Not Available
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Chloé Webb
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Sacred Harp music or shape-note singing is as old as America itself. The term sacred harp refers to the human voice. Brought to this continent by the settlers of Jamestown, this style of singing is also known as "fasola." In Legacy of the Sacred Harp, author Chloe Webb follows the history of this musical form back four hundred years, and in the process uncovers the harrowing legacy of her Dumas family line. The journey begins in contemporary Texas with an overlooked but historically rich family heirloom, a tattered 1869 edition of The Sacred Harp songbook. Traveling across the South and sifting through undiscovered family history, Webb sets out on a personal quest to reconnect with her ancestors who composed, sang, and lived by the words of Sacred Harp music. Her research irreversibly transforms her rose-colored view of her heritage and brings endearing characters to life as the reality of the effects of slavery on Southern plantation life, the thriving tobacco industry, and the Civil War are revisited through the lens of the Dumas family. Most notably, Webb's original research unearths the person of Ralph Freeman, freed slave and pastor of a pre-Civil War white Southern church. Wringing history from boxes of keepsakes, lively interviews, dusty archival libraries, and church records, Webb keeps Sacred Harp lyrics ringing in readers' ears, allowing the poetry to illuminate the lessons and trials of the past. The choral shape-note music of the Sacred Harp whispers to us of the past, of the religious persecution that brought this music to our shores, and how the voices of contemporary Sacred Harp singers still ring out the unchanged lyrics across the South, the music pulling the past into our present.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
ISBN-10
0875654169
ISBN-13
9780875654164
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92548869

Product Key Features

Author
Chloé Webb
Publication Name
Legacy of the Sacred Harp
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Genealogy & Heraldry, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
2010
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Référence, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2010-004051
Lc Classification Number
Cs71.D88132010
Reviews
Chloe Webb, thank you so much for writing this book! I got it yesterday, started it yesterday afternoon and finished it this morning. What a really great 400-year slice of American history; it reads like an exciting novel, except that it''s all factual. You''ve really brought to life so many things that have somehow remained insistently dull in textbooks. I especially admire your determination to track down your people, no matter who, where, or what they were. Not surprisingly, it makes a tremendously rich tapestry, and you can be proud not only of the people, but also your part in sharing their stories with all of us. It''s a wonderful piece of work. Judy Hauff-Sacred Harp composer, Chloe Webb, thank you so much for writing this book! I got it yesterday, started it yesterday afternoon and finished it this morning. What a really great 400-year slice of American history; it reads like an exciting novel, except that it's all factual. You've really brought to life so many things that have somehow remained insistently dull in textbooks. I especially admire your determination to track down your people, no matter who, where, or what they were. Not surprisingly, it makes a tremendously rich tapestry, and you can be proud not only of the people, but also your part in sharing their stories with all of us. It's a wonderful piece of work. Judy Hauff--Sacred Harp composer
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
975/.04092 B
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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