{"product_id":"public-worship-private-faith-9780820319889","title":"Public Worship, Private Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Bealle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethnomusicology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Harp\u003c\/i\u003e, a tunebook that first appeared in 1844, has stood as a model of early American musical culture for most of this century. Tunebooks such as this, printed in shape notes for public singing and singing schools, followed the New England tradition of singing hymns and Psalms from printed music. Nineteeth-century Americans were inundated by such books, but only the popularity of \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Harp\u003c\/i\u003e has endured throughout the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this tunebook as his focus, John Bealle surveys definitive moments in American musical history, from the lively singing schools of the New England Puritans to the dramatic theological crises that split New England Congregationalism, from the rise of the genteel urban mainstream in frontier Cincinnati to the bold \"New South\" movement that sought to transform the southern economy, from the nostalgic culture-writing era of the Great Depression to the post-World War II folksong revival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Bealle finds that much has changed in the last century, the custodians of the tradition of Sacred Harp singing have kept it alive and accessible in an increasingly diverse cultural marketplace. \u003ci\u003ePublic Worship, Private Faith\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough and readable analysis of the historical, social, musical, theological, and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing.","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591427834007,"sku":"9780820319889","price":3862.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780820319889.webp?v=1774973029","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/public-worship-private-faith-9780820319889","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}