How sweet the sound : music in the spiritual lives of Americans - Stowe, David W. (David Ware) (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004)
O for a thousand tongues to sing -- Singing independence -- Marching to Zion -- Holding the fort -- Dances with ghosts -- Onward Buddhist soldiers -- Yossele, Yossele! -- Come Sunday -- From Ephrata (F-Ra-Ta) to Arkestra -- The nation with the soul of a church -- Coltrane and beyond.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sacred songs -- United States -- History and criticism; Church music -- United States; Music -- Religious aspects