Stories tagged "shaker": 2
Musical Objects at Mount Lebanon
The Shakers are well known for their traditions in vocal music. Countless personal and printed music books survive, attesting to the wide scope of their unique spirituals. First composed without text and performed with wordless syllables, spirituals…
"With the Songs of Angels Near" : Shaker Spirituals at Mount Lebanon
Shakers are recognized in mainstream society for a few key things: clean architectural lines, round barns, oval boxes, and their music – a distinctive art closely tied with their unique form of dance. In comparison to other communal societies who…