The Sound of Dove
Subtitle: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 16, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252070037
Subjects: Sacred & religious music; Baptist Churches; Sacred Vocal Music; Religion; Religion - Church History; USA; General; Religion / Baptists; Christianity - Baptist; Religious - General; 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.