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Judge Jackson and the Colored sacred harp / by Joe Dan Boyd.

LIBRA Alabama T. 109 CD 1 disc
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boyd, Joe Dan, 1934-
Contributor:
Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shape-note singing--Alabama--History and criticism.
Shape-note singing.
African Americans--Alabama--Music--History and criticism.
African Americans.
Jackson, J. (Judge), 1883-1958.
Jackson, J.
Colored sacred harp.
African Americans--Alabama--Music.
Hymns, English--Alabama.
Hymns, English.
Music.
Alabama.
Ethnic music recordings--Alabama.
Ethnic music recordings, African American--Alabama.
Local Subjects:
Ethnic music recordings--Alabama.
Ethnic music recordings, African American--Alabama.
Genre:
Hymns, English.
Music.
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations ; 17 x 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Other Title:
Accompanying disc has title: Colored sacred harp and the African American shape-note tradition
Place of Publication:
Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Folklife Association, [2002]
Contents:
Introduction
Prologue
Judge Jackson and the Colored sacred harp
Early days
"The morning trumpet"
Broadside hymnody
The Colored sacred harp
Folk authorship
Black borrowers and creators
A wagon load of song books
Work meets Judge Jackson
Byrd's thesis
Did it need a hard cover?
Jackson's legacy
Black sacred harpers on radio and TV
Jackson's "stable" of composers
Jackson's children carry on
Dual purpose of singings
Black sacred harpers in east Texas
Viability of sacred harp
Epilogue.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-135) and indexes.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
ISBN:
0967267250
OCLC:
49991405

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