The Sound of Dove
Subtitle: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780252021237
Subjects: Sacred Vocal Music; Music; Religion - Church History; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; Instruction & Study - Voice; Music / General; Religious - Christian; Appalachian Region; Choral singing; Church music; Primitive Baptists
First sentence: "I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I was real small, of passing the church out here and hearing them sing," responded a North Carolina woman when I tasked her about the singing in her Primitive Baptist church.