Together Let Us Sweetly Live The Singing and Praying Bands

Name: Together Let Us Sweetly Live The Singing and Praying Bands
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ISBN: 9780252074196

ISBN-10: 025207419X

ISBN-13: 9780252074196

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jonathan David, Richard Holloway, Jonathan David, Richard Holloway

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nbsp;A forgotten and beautiful African American folk tradition reexaminedTogether Let Us Sweetly Liveoffers a rare look at the unique grassroots African American religious institutions called the Singing and Praying Bands. This folksong and ring shout tradition began in Chesapeake Bay country in the early nineteenth century, with a fusion of Methodist prayer meeting worship and African religious, danced song traditions. Although scholars have assumed ring shouts died out long ago, Jonathan C. David shows otherwise, ushering us inside tidewater communities of Maryland and Delaware where they continue to thrive. A traditional band service represents a cultural commitment to mutual aid, called…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 6/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



List of Hymn Notations


Preface


Map


Introduction



Alfred Green (1908-2003)



Mary Allen (b. 1925)



Samuel Jerry Colbert (b. 1950)



Gertrude Stanley (b. 1926)



Rev. Edward Johnson (1905-91)



Cordonsal Walters (b. 1913)



Susanna Watkins (1905-99)



Benjamin Harrison Beckett (1927-2005) and George Washington Beckett (b. 1929)



Gus Bivens (1913-96)


Sources


A Note on the Recording


Index