ISBN: 9780252042843

Hardback, [PU: University of Illinois Press], "The Cashaway Psalmody, created by Durham Hills in the late 18th century, is one of the oldest surviving sacred music manuscripts and the onl… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: University of Illinois Press], "The Cashaway Psalmody, created by Durham Hills in the late 18th century, is one of the oldest surviving sacred music manuscripts and the only professional tunebook preserved from the entire colonial South. Re-discovered in pristine condition by Marini almost a decade ago, this is an important new source for understanding the religious culture of the Lower South during late colonial and revolutionary times. It illuminates the practice of ritual song in that important region and embodies complex processes of transatlantic social, economic, cultural, and religious development in the eighteen-century Anglo-American world. Marini's project is a microhistory of the Psalmody, one that uncovers the lives of its creator and its patrons; its musical, literary, and religious origins in England; its contexts and communities of use in colonial Carolina; and its significance for understanding how transatlantic music, lyrics, and sacred singing created new religious identities in 18th c. America. The first part of the book treats Hills's early years in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: his urban environment, family, education, religious contexts, and exile in 1752. The second part moves to Carolina and Hills's career as a scrivener, militia clerk, tutor, and Anglican parish clerk intertwined with the stories of the Welsh Baptist congregations on the Great Pee Dee River, their ministers Evan Pugh and Nicholas Bedgegood, and Hills's singing school at Cashaway Neck Regular Baptist church. The third part examines The Cashaway Psalmody as a manuscript object, an example of the tunebook genre, an expression of Hills's musical theory and practice, and a repertory of tunes and texts shaped by his musical background and training, editorial principles, and theological agenda for psalmody in the Cheraws. The book concludes with an epilogue that narrates the destinies of the many characters in this braided story and offers a summary assessment of The Cashaway Psalmody and its meaning. Through this microhistory of meticulous precision, Marini forges a study of broad interdisciplinary scope-a rare synthesizing perspective on the musical, religious, commercial, and educational cultures of the 18th c. colonies"--, Music, Music<

ISBN: 9780252042843

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the… Mehr…

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and sixty-three texts, the Psalmody is the only surviving tunebook from the colonial-era South and one of the oldest sacred music manuscripts from the Carolinas. It is all the more remarkable for its sophistication: no similar document of the period matches Hills's level of musical expertise, reportorial reach, and calligraphic skill. Stephen A. Marini, discoverer of The Cashaway Psalmody, offers the fascinating story of the tunebook and its many meanings. From its musical, literary, and religious origins in England, he moves on to the life of Durham Hills; how Carolina communities used the book; and the Psalmody's significance in understanding how ritual song—transmitted via transatlantic music, lyrics, and sacred singing—shaped the era's development. Marini also uses close musical and textual analyses to provide a critical study that offers music historians and musicologists valuable insights on the Pslamody and its period.Meticulous in presentation and interdisciplinary in scope, The Cashaway Psalmody unlocks an important source for understanding life in the Lower South in the eighteenth century. Trade Books>Hardcover>Music>Theory & Criticism>Theory & Criticism, University of Illinois Press Core >2<

ISBN: 9780252042843

Hardback, [PU: University of Illinois Press], Meticulous in presentation and interdisciplinary in scope, The Cashaway Psalmody unlocks an important source for understanding life in the Lo… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: University of Illinois Press], Meticulous in presentation and interdisciplinary in scope, The Cashaway Psalmody unlocks an important source for understanding life in the Lower South in the eighteenth century., Music, Music<

2020, ISBN: 9780252042843

Transatlantic Religion and Music in Colonial Carolina, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: University of Illinois Press], University of Illinois Press, 2020