The story of "Simple gifts"
Subtitle: Joseph Brackett's Shaker dance song
By: by Roger L. Hall.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: PineTree Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stoughton, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Format: Spiral-bound
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Shakers -- Hymns -- History and criticism.
Description: A discussion of the well-known Shaker dance song, "Simple Gifts" with historical background and biographical information about the song's composer, Elder Joseph Brackett.
Notes: Selected discography: p. 8.
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: 5; label: Introduction: A World of "Simple Gifts"
title: 7; label: Part 1
title: 18th century; title: From England to America
pagenum: 11
label: chapter 1; title: Early song types
pagenum: 15
label: chapter 2; label: Part 2
title: 19th century; title: The dance song
pagenum: 19
label: chapter 3; title: The gift song
pagenum: 21
label: chapter 4; title: Biography of Elder Joseph Brackett
pagenum: 25
label: chapter 5; title: "Simple Gifts" and "The True Vine"
pagenum: 29
label: chapter 6; label: Part 3
title: 20th century; title: Timeline and Chronological survey
pagenum: 37
label: chapter 7; title: An interview with Aaron Copland
pagenum: 51
label: chapter 8; title: Aaron Copland's "Simple Gifts"
pagenum: 55
label: chapter 9; title: Sydney's Carter's "Lord of the Dance"
pagenum: 59
label: chapter 10; label: Bibliography
title: 63; label: Recordings
title: 67; label: About the author
title: 71