Readings in African American church music and worship / compiled and edited by James Abbington.
| Other author | Abbington, James, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago, IL : GIA Publications, Inc., 2001. |
| Description | xi, 594 pages ; 30 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Historical perspectives. Of the faith of the fathers / William Edward Burghardt DuBois -- The Negro spiritual / John W. Work, III -- Introducing the African American churches / William D. Watley -- The performed word: music and the Black church / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya -- The use and performance of hymnody, spirituals and gospels in the Black church / Portia K. Maultsby -- In the world but not of it / Cheryl J. Sanders -- Surveys of hymnals and hymnody. African American song in the nineteenth century / Irene V. Jackson-Brown -- Hymnals of the Black church / Eileen Southern -- Published hymnals in the African American tradition / Melva Wilson Costen -- Black hymnody / Wendell P. Whalum -- Hymnody of the African American church / Don Lee White -- Liturgical hymnody. The liturgy of the Roman rite and African American worship / J-Glenn Murray -- The gift of African American sacred song / Sister Thea Bowman -- Music among Blacks in the Episcopal Church: some preliminary considerations / Irene V. Jackson-Brown -- Why an African American hymnal? / Harold T. Lewis -- Hymns and songs: performance notes / Horace Clarence Boyer -- Service music: performance notes / Carl Haywood -- Worship and culture: an African American Lutheran perspective / Joseph A. Donella, II, John Nunes and Karen M. Ward -- Leading African American song / Mellonee V. Burnim -- Worship. Worship activities / Benjamin Elijah Mays and Joseph William Nicholson -- The tradition of worship / William D. Watley -- Some aspects of Black worship / Charles G. Adams -- The liturgy of Zion / William B. McClain -- Encountering Jesus in worship / Zan W. Holmes, Jr. -- The dynamics of Black worship / Edward P. Wimberly -- Definitions of praising and a look at Black worship / Brenda Eatman Aghahowa -- Indicted / V. Michael McKay -- Composers. Church music by Black composers: a bibliography / William Burres Garcia -- Introduction / Evelyn Davidson White -- Black composers and religious music / Geneva Southall -- The organ. A history of the pipe organ in the Black church / Wayne A. Barr -- The church organist, African American organ music, and the worship service: a useful guide / Mickey Thomas Terry -- Service playing for organists / James Abbington -- Contemporary perspectives. What lies ahead? / Wyatt Tee Walker -- Conflict and controversy in Black religious music / Mellonee V. Burnim -- Church music: a position paper / Wendell Phillips Whalum -- Music and worship in the Black church / J. Wendell Mapson, Jr. -- Black sacred music: problems and possibilities / Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. -- Christ against culture: anticulturalism in the gospel of gospel / Jon Michael Spencer -- I am the holy dope dealer: the problem with gospel music today / Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. |
| Abstract | This volume contains essays and articles discussing the role of music and worship in African American churches. A century's worth of writing--some previously unpublished--includes pieces from pastors, scholars, theologians, historians, ethnomusicologists, organists, and choral conductors. Topics include historical perspectives, surveys of hymnals and hymnody, liturgical hymnody, worship, composers, organs, and contemporary perspectives. |
| ISBN | 1579991637 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML2911.9 .R42 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |