A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of Origin
A survey of Notabücher (tune books) currently used by geographically diverse Amish communities leads to the conclusion that Amish slow tunes can be placed into three categories according to date of origin. I've dubbed these Old, Middle, and New Groups. Old Group tunes are derived from sixteenth...
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| description | A survey of Notabücher (tune books) currently used by geographically diverse Amish communities leads to the conclusion that Amish slow tunes can be placed into three categories according to date of origin. I've dubbed these Old, Middle, and New Groups. Old Group tunes are derived from sixteenth century folk songs and Reformation era hymns. Middle Group tunes are, for the most part, based on later German chorales and New Group tunes have been adapted from early American hymn tunes. I begin this article with a brief summary of earlier research on Amish slow tunes, then give an overview of current Notabücher, their compilers, and layout. Next, characteristics of each tune category are given, with musical examples. Lastly, the Notabuch survey appears in chart form. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc8f6b2e448b43939fd60f8b0228f7a52022-12-21T21:10:24ZdeuUniversity of AkronThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies2471-63912471-63832013-12-011290106A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of OriginGracia SchlabachA survey of Notabücher (tune books) currently used by geographically diverse Amish communities leads to the conclusion that Amish slow tunes can be placed into three categories according to date of origin. I've dubbed these Old, Middle, and New Groups. Old Group tunes are derived from sixteenth century folk songs and Reformation era hymns. Middle Group tunes are, for the most part, based on later German chorales and New Group tunes have been adapted from early American hymn tunes. I begin this article with a brief summary of earlier research on Amish slow tunes, then give an overview of current Notabücher, their compilers, and layout. Next, characteristics of each tune category are given, with musical examples. Lastly, the Notabuch survey appears in chart form.https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies/vol1/iss2/7ausbundeine unparteiische liedersammlung (b)unparteiische liedersammlung (g)unparteyisches gesang-buchnotabücherhymnslow tunehalf-fast tune |
| spellingShingle | Gracia Schlabach A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of Origin The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies ausbund eine unparteiische liedersammlung (b) unparteiische liedersammlung (g) unparteyisches gesang-buch notabücher hymn slow tune half-fast tune |
| title | A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of Origin |
| title_full | A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of Origin |
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| title_short | A Survey of Amish Tunebooks: Categorizing Slow Tunes by Date of Origin |
| title_sort | survey of amish tunebooks categorizing slow tunes by date of origin |
| topic | ausbund eine unparteiische liedersammlung (b) unparteiische liedersammlung (g) unparteyisches gesang-buch notabücher hymn slow tune half-fast tune |
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