Joseph Brackett's "Simple gifts"
Subtitle: evolution of a Shaker dance song
By: by Roger L. Hall.
Contributors: Brackett, Joseph, 1797-1882.
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Publisher: Pinetree Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Stoughton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Brackett, Joseph, -- 1797-1882.; Copland, Aaron, -- 1900-1990.; Shakers -- Hymns -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes transcription of the song (unacc. melody): p. 20-21.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-24) and discography (p. 25-27).
Table of contents: value: Biography of Elder Joseph Brackett; value: "Simple gifts" in the 19th century; value: "Simple gifts" in the 20th century; value: Fifty years of "Simple gifts"; value: An interview with Aaron Copland; value: Copland's "Simple gifts."