A Sacred Feast: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground

by Kathryn Eastburn

Book Overview

Some have called Sacred Harp singing America's earliest music. This powerful nondenominational religious singing, part of a deeply held Southern culture, has spread throughout the nation over the past two centuries. In A Sacred Feast , Kathryn Eastburn journeys into the community of Sacred Harp singers across the country and introduces readers to the curious glories of a tradition that is practiced today just as it was two hundred years ago. Each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803218311
• ISBN13: 9780803218314
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"