Singing the Gospel offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal -- where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an e…
Singing the Gospel offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal -- where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an e…
"After the end of socialism in Hungary, rapid change in the economy and society increased feelings of antagonism toward the country's largest minority, the Roma (sometimes called Gypsies). One notable exception to this atmosphere of animosity can be found in a special Pentecosta…
Most observers believe that gospel music has been sung in African-American churches since their organization in the late 1800s. Nothing could be further from the truth as Michael Harris's history of gospel blues reveals. Tracing the rise of gospel blues as seen through the caree…
Based on both archival and field research, these four essays describe the role of sacred songs in the history of African American culture and in the biographical experiences of the author--an African American woman, a cultural activist, and a composer. Essays center on specific …
