Together Let Us Sweetly Live - The Singing and Praying Bands

Klappentext Looks at the grassroots African American religious institutions called the Singing and Praying Bands. This book tells the story of the Singing and Praying Bands at these services through oral histories. It provides the historical and ethnographic context needed to understand the bands and their tradition. Zusammenfassung Looks at the grassroots African American religious institutions called the Singing and Praying Bands. This book tells the story of the Singing and Praying Bands at these services through oral histories. It provides the historical and ethnographic context needed to understand the bands and their tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan David
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2007
• EAN: 9780252074196
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07419-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Music in American Life; Music in American Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology