Singing in Zion
Music and Song in the Life of an Arkansas Family
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Word Count
68,500 words, Guess
Page Count
274 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8598744M
- ISBN-139781557285478
- ISBN-101557285470
- OCLC Control Number40861908
- OCLC Control Numbersinginginzionmus0000coch
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99010087
- LibraryThing1035599
- Goodreads1991657
Classifications
- LCCML3551.7.A8 C63 1999
Description
"This book is a lyrical exploration of the connection between one family's musical traditions and its rural community of Zion, Arkansas. In 1959, three Gilbert sisters - Alma, Helen, and Phydella - began compiling songs they remembered and sending them to one another in letters. Their tendency to center memory in sound rather than sight reveals an unusual musical birthright."--BOOK JACKET. "Robert Cochran has constructed a composite portrait of this family for whom music is the center of life. He examines their lived experience as they anchor their history on songs and shows how the singing and playing of musical instruments informed their lives."--BOOK JACKET. "Cochran has included an appendix of over eighty songs that range from well-known folk material like "Sweet Lorraine" and "Barbara Allen" to lesser-known songs such as "The Frozen Girl" and "Seven Years with the Wrong Man." The sisters' comments reveal the personal connections they have established with the songs."--BOOK JACKET.
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