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Sacred Song and the Pennsylvania Dutch
Daniel Jay Grimminger
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Description for Sacred Song and the Pennsylvania Dutch
Hardcover. Sheds light on the process of cultural change that occurred over the course of a century or more in the majority of Pennsylvania German communities and churches. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 236 pages, 85, 85 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Sheds light on the process of cultural change that occurred over the course of a century or more in the majority of Pennsylvania German communities and churches. The Pennsylvania Dutch comprised the largest single ethnic group in the early American Republic of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Yet like other ethnic minorities in early America, they struggled to maintain their own distinct ethnic identity in everything that they did. Eventually their German Lutheran and Reformed customs and folkways gave way to Anglo-American pressure. The tune and chorale books printed for use in Pennsylvania Dutch churches document this ... Read more
Sheds light on the process of cultural change that occurred over the course of a century or more in the majority of Pennsylvania German communities and churches. The Pennsylvania Dutch comprised the largest single ethnic group in the early American Republic of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Yet like other ethnic minorities in early America, they struggled to maintain their own distinct ethnic identity in everything that they did. Eventually their German Lutheran and Reformed customs and folkways gave way to Anglo-American pressure. The tune and chorale books printed for use in Pennsylvania Dutch churches document this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463836
SKU
V9781580463836
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Sacred Song and the Pennsylvania Dutch
A knowledgeable account of `the largest ethnic group in early America outside of the English-speaking population.' . . . All the known books are illustrated or sampled. . . . One gets a good idea of the gradual acculturation of these communities and their language. . . . The basic research on the publications, reports, texts, personnel, buildings and church ... Read more