Browse: University of Illinois Press (publisher), Sacred & Choral

Easy-to-read yet scholarly examination of this arrestingly unique sacred music tradition — Sing Out! More…

Miller explains every aspect of the musical practice as both an observer and participant. The book is essential reading for anyone who has ever been stirred by singing the shapes — Sing Out! More…

This insightful study fills a great gap in American folk music scholarship and demonstrates ways that sensitive feminist scholarship can illuminate surprising corners of traditional culture — Journal of American Folklore More…

Miller explains every aspect of the musical practice as both an observer and participant. The book is essential reading for anyone who has ever been stirred by singing the shapes — Sing Out! More…

An absorbing study of a fascinating figure . . . [Salvatore] seems to have tapped into the soul that moved Franklin in song and sermon and that thrived beneath the beat of Motown — The New York Times More…

Unpacks issues of power and cultural authenticity in the white-controlled jubilee industry and within blackface minstrelsy performances, including Uncle Tom and plantation shows . . . Spirituals... — Black Grooves More…

The beauty of Claudrena N. Harold's brilliant When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras is in how it illustrates the power of gospel music to maintain its character, grow from... — No Depression More…

Smith broadens an understanding of a vital stage in the development of American vernacular and popular culture and continues 'minstrelsy's rehabilitation' in scholarly research — Volume More…