Readings in African American Church Music and Worship

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Edited by James Abbington

Independent Publishers Group

Due/Published April 2002, 616 pages, cloth

ISBN 1579991637

This volume is a collection of essays and articles discussing the role of music and worship in African American churches. A century's worth of writing, some previously unpublished, includes pieces from pastors, scholars, theologians, historians, ethnomusicologists, organists, and choral conductors. Topics include historical perspectives, surveys of hymnals and hymnody, liturgical hymnody, worship, composers, organs, and contemporary perspectives.