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Article: Hymns Of The Old Camp Ground.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
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- December 1, 2008
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Hymns Of The Old Camp Ground
Wayne Erbsen
Native Ground Books & Music
109 Bell Road, Asheville, NC 28805-1521
9781883206567, $5.95, www.nativeground.com
Periodically in America's 19th century history waves of religious revival would sweep over frontier communities. Often held in the largest meeting halls available or in public outdoor areas where large meeting tents could be erected or stands could be built, the twin hallmarks of these revivals would be fiery preaching combined with community sing-a-longs of religious music. Now music historian and performer Wayne Erbsen has collected more than fifty of the most revered, ...