In "The Sound of the Dove", Beverly Bush Patterson explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist churches. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, Patterson explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches, the genesis of their musical practices, and the unexpectedly significant role of women in their conservative congregations. An hour-long audio recording of Primitive Baptist singing is available separately.
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"Patterson's thorough knowledge of Primitive Baptist song and life allows her to demonstrate how music (sound) and culture are each so perfectly the expressions of the other that one can see in musical changes broader transformations... [T]his book is a model of how to study music in a religious context. In addition, the book reminds us of how knowledge of people such as Primitive Baptists is necessary for understanding broader and more inclusive faith communities." -- Donald G. Mathews, Church History "[The Sound of the Dove] enables the reader to form a very clear understanding of Primitive Baptist singing today and of the historical and cultural forces that have molded it into its present form... This insightful study fills a great gap in American folk music scholarship and demonstrates ways that sensitive feminist scholarship can illuminate surprising corners of traditional culture." -- William Bernard McCarthy, Journal of American Folklore
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Folks who are theologically inclined tend to try to understand churches by understanding their theology and listening to what is said in books, sermons, and courses.
Beverly Bush Patterson uses another means to understand the Primitive Baptist churches: their music, specifically their songs, songbooks, song tunes, and hymn choices in individual congregations. While not downplaying Primitive Baptist theology and preaching, the author sees their music as a perhaps more reliable means of understanding how theology and doctrine plays out in congregational life. This includes a detailed analysis of hymn and song choices and hymn tune choices in congregations. And while I'm making this sound dry, this book is anything but dry: it is a good, well-written, well-told analysis of a little-known group in American religious life. A slightly secondary theme in the book is the role and function of women in Primitive Baptist churches. This isn't an easily done analysis, since women in Primitive Baptist churches operate in a "silent" setting in their churches, neither preaching nor holding offices within the congregations. Patterson seeks to understand how women in these congregations understand their faith, live within the parameters of their theology, and express their faith.
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"I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I was real small, of passing the church out here and hearing them sing," responded a North Carolina woman when I tasked her about the singing in her Primitive Baptist church. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hymnbook compilers, tune repertory, line out hymns, religious folksong, mountain association, predestinarian doctrine, congregational hymn singing, visiting elder, own home church, song repertory, hymn texts, congregational singing, song leader, sweet hour, music notation, gospel songs, key tone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Primitive Baptist, North Carolina, Elder Cook, Final Pitch, Elder Evans, New Testament, Particular Baptists, Old School Hymnal, John Newton, General Baptists, Mountain District Association, Elder Walter Evans, Old Baptists, Lamb of God, Isaac Watts, Must Jesus, French Broad, Missionary Baptists, Old Testament, Thomas Hastings, Elder Billy Cook, Elder Eddie Lyle, Elder Lasserre Bradley, Elias Keach, English Baptists New!
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"I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I was real small, of passing the church out here and hearing them sing," responded a North Carolina woman when I tasked her about the singing in her Primitive Baptist church. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hymnbook compilers, tune repertory, line out hymns, religious folksong, mountain association, predestinarian doctrine, congregational hymn singing, visiting elder, own home church, song repertory, hymn texts, congregational singing, song leader, sweet hour, music notation, gospel songs, key tone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Primitive Baptist, North Carolina, Elder Cook, Final Pitch, Elder Evans, New Testament, Particular Baptists, Old School Hymnal, John Newton, General Baptists, Mountain District Association, Elder Walter Evans, Old Baptists, Lamb of God, Isaac Watts, Must Jesus, French Broad, Missionary Baptists, Old Testament, Thomas Hastings, Elder Billy Cook, Elder Eddie Lyle, Elder Lasserre Bradley, Elias Keach, English Baptists New!
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