TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Ray
TI  - Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City 
T2  - Publications of the American Folklore Society
SN  - 9780812230505
AV  - ML3187 
U1  - 783.1/41825 20
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Philadelphia : 
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press, 
KW  - African Americans
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Music
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Gospel music
KW  - MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - African Studies
KW  - African-American Studies
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Religion
KW  - Religious Studies
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface: Fried Chicken in Bed-Stuy --; Introductions Studying the Local Scene --; Chapter 1. Community and History. The African-American Church and Sacred Quartet Singing in New York City --; Chapter 2. God Gave Me a Song. Learning and Repertoire Formation --; Chapter 3. Let's Go Out to the Programs. Sacred Quartet Singing in Context --; Chapter 4. Shouting the Church. Quartet Performance Strategies --; Chapter 5. Express Yourself. Aesthetics from the Singers' Perspective --; Chapter 6. Singing in the Spirit. The Holy Spirit and Sacred Ritual --; Chapter 7. Back Home. Southern Identity in the Urban North --; Chapter 8. "I've Got a Home in That Yonder City". Urbanization and Sacred Quartet Performance Style --; Chapter 9. Spiritual Entertainment. Sacred Folk Music and Popular Culture --; Chapter 10. By and By The Future of Sacred Quartet Singing --; Listening and Viewing --; Bibliographу --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Draws on field recordings and interviews with dozens of local New York singers to reveal an intriguing world where religion and art merge
UR  - https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800043
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512800043
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781512800043/original
ER  -