A Sacred Feast
Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground
Eastburn, Kathryn
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Some have called Sacred Harp singing Americas earliest music. This powerful nondenominational religious singing, part of a deeply held Southern culture, has spread throughout the nation over the past two centuries. In A Sacred Feast, Kathryn Eastburn journeys into the community of Sacred Harp singers across the country and introduces readers to the curious glories of a tradition that is practiced today just as it was two hundred years ago. Each of the books chapters visits a different region and features recipes from the accompanying culinary traditiondinner on the ground, a hearty noontime feast. From oven-cooked pulled pork barbeque to Dollar Store cornbread dressing to red velvet cake, these recipes tell a story of nourishing the body, the soul, and the voice. The Sacred Harps deeply moving sound and spirit resonate through these pages, captured at conventions in Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Colorado, and Washington, conveyed in portraits of singers, and celebrated in the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of all-day singing and dinner on the ground echoing through generations and centuries.
BOOK REVIEWS
“Filled with harmony, heartache, and home cooking, A Sacred Feast is at once the best-ever culinary travelogue about singing and a soul-searching look at the heart of America.”—Tim Eriksen, singer, songwriter, ethnomusicologist, and Sacred Harp teacher and enthusiast
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0803218311
ISBN(13-digit): 9780803218314
Dewey Decimal: 641.5973
Library of Congress: 2007032546
Book Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 192
Paper Weight (lb): 0.90 lb
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