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Lining Out the Word - Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans (Hardcover)
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Lining Out the Word - Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans (Hardcover)
Series: Music of the African Diaspora, 8
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This book, a milestone in American music scholarship, is the first
to take a close look at an important and little-studied component
of African American music, one that has roots in Europe, but was
adapted by African American congregations and went on to have a
profound influence on music of all kinds--from gospel to soul to
jazz. "Lining out," also called Dr. Watts hymn singing, refers to
hymns sung to a limited selection of familiar tunes, intoned a line
at a time by a leader and taken up in turn by the congregation.
From its origins in seventeenth-century England to the current
practice of lining out among some Baptist congregations in the
American South today, William Dargan's study illuminates a unique
American music genre in a richly textured narrative that stretches
from Isaac Watts to Aretha Franklin and Ornette Coleman.
"Lining Out the Word "traces the history of lining out from the
time of slavery, when African American slaves adapted the practice
for their own uses, blending it with other music, such as work
songs. Dargan explores the role of lining out in worship and
pursues the cultural implications of this practice far beyond the
limits of the church, showing how African Americans wove African
and European elements together to produce a powerful and unique
cultural idiom. Drawing from an extraordinary range of
sources--including his own fieldwork and oral sources--Dargan
offers a compelling new perspective on the emergence of African
American music in the United States.
"Copub: Center for Black Music Research"
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