Sacred Symphony: The Chanted Sermon of the Black Preacher

by Jon Michael Spencer and William C. Turner Jr.

The first and only collection of its kind, Sacred Symphony contains 100 transcriptions of muscial excerpts from the chanted sermons of contemporary black preachers. In his introduction to the pieces that follow, author John Michael Spencer argues that there is an observable correlation between the chanted sermons of today's black preachers and the antebellum spiritual. He shows that the pieces collected here, each of which spontaneously evolved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313259992
• ISBN13: 9780313259999
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"