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Religious songs written by and for African Americans in the style of the venerable shape note book, The Sacred Harp. Born in 1883, Jackson took a keen interest in fa-sol-la singing as a teenager. Such singing derives originally from colonial New England singing schools designed to teach musical note-reading in order to improve congregational singing. It took root in the South as its popularity declined elsewhere and was well-established in the Wiregrass region of southeast Alabama in both black and white communities when Jackson discovered it. Around 1930, Jackson determined to compile a book for the benefit of African American singers. A selection of songs from the Colored Sacred Harp appears on a CD enclosed with the book. In addition to 25 recordings made or collected by Boyd, the CD features a recording made at a Sacred Harp singing by folklorist John Work in 1938 and one made by Jackson and family at a coin-operated recording booth in Dothan in 1950.
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“[This book] has a layered and recursive form, in which various streams separate and converge; a biography, a personal memoir of the folk revival, a critical survey of scholarly literature on African American Sacred Harp singing, a generous selection of evocative photographs spanning the twentieth century, and a CD that ranks among the most valuable and carefully compiled collections of historical Sacred Harp recordings ever assembled. . . . Judge Jackson’s story is of special interest because he was African American--the ‘black giant of white spirituals.’ ”-- The Alabama Review
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- PublisherUniversity Alabama Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0817315101
- ISBN 13 9780817315108
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
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