Songs and Silence in the Lancaster County Old Order Amish Settlement. Kelly, R. Master's thesis, Tufts University, 2014. ![Songs and Silence in the Lancaster County Old Order Amish Settlement [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
URL abstract bibtex This thesis examines the relationship between music, identity formation, and the maintenance of cultural boundaries in the Lancaster County Old Order Amish settlement. Historically, music has been a purely oral tradition in the Amish community. The recent adoption of notation and part-singing in more progressive Old Order Amish districts in the past three decades has made music a volatile ground for professing faith values and asserting group and individual identity. Both the composition and combining of songs, as well as the use of notation and harmony have become marked as more "progressive" ways of transmitting song and singing. Music also offers semi-public and public forums for members of the community not included in the church hierarchy, such as youth and women. This thesis suggests that, far from being closed off to outside influence, Amish music has always been a patchwork of sacred song from a multitude of Christian denominations that is deeply connected to cultural shifts in American religious life. Instead of passively receiving these musical influences the Amish actively shape outside music in order to make it conform to Amish values. This process teaches the Amish to negotiate the boundaries between Amish and mainstream culture by forcing them to directly confront how their musical practice differs from non-Amish musical practice. Finally, I consider how sound and the cultivation of silence plays a role in shaping behavior and environment, and how new trends in musical practice could affect what might be regarded as the "ideal" Amish soundscape.
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abstract = {This thesis examines the relationship between music, identity formation, and the maintenance of cultural boundaries in the Lancaster County Old Order Amish settlement. Historically, music has been a purely oral tradition in the Amish community. The recent adoption of notation and part-singing in more progressive Old Order Amish districts in the past three decades has made music a volatile ground for professing faith values and asserting group and individual identity. Both the composition and combining of songs, as well as the use of notation and harmony have become marked as more "progressive" ways of transmitting song and singing. Music also offers semi-public and public forums for members of the community not included in the church hierarchy, such as youth and women. This thesis suggests that, far from being closed off to outside influence, Amish music has always been a patchwork of sacred song from a multitude of Christian denominations that is deeply connected to cultural shifts in American religious life. Instead of passively receiving these musical influences the Amish actively shape outside music in order to make it conform to Amish values. This process teaches the Amish to negotiate the boundaries between Amish and mainstream culture by forcing them to directly confront how their musical practice differs from non-Amish musical practice. Finally, I consider how sound and the cultivation of silence plays a role in shaping behavior and environment, and how new trends in musical practice could affect what might be regarded as the "ideal" Amish soundscape.},
language = {English},
urldate = {2023-07-20},
school = {Tufts University},
author = {Kelly, Rachel},
year = {2014},
keywords = {American religion, Amish, Anabaptist, Communication and the arts, Lancaster, Music, Philosophy, Social sciences, Song, religion and theology},
}
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