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“Abner and His Cookies,” 12
accidental note, 80, 81, 82, 108, 111, 112, 148
accompaniment, 66
“Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesus Christ,” 83, 155
“Ach wann ich ja gedenke daran,” 101, 103
“Ach! Was ist doch unter Leb’n,” 126
ad lib, 145
identity, 12
joining church, 101–105
agriculture, 54, 56. See also farming
“Alle Menschen müssen Sterben,” 126
alto, 81
American Sign Language, 72
Amische Lieder (Yoder), 145, 163
Amish Grace (Kraybill et al.), 144
Amish Ministers’ Meeting, 50
Swiss Reformers, 53, 96–98, 162, 165
anticipation, 67, 68, 73, 114, 129, 140, 146
Appalachia, 165
Aristotle, 37–38
arsis and thesis, 164
assimilation, 15–16
“At Calvary,” 68
Ausbund, 23, 30, 69, 77, 87, 103, 121, 131, 134
cultural meaning, 26, 31, 93–100, 104, 108, 109, 138, 141–144
funeral, 125–130
goodbye, 135–137
historical origins, 149, 162–166
wedding, 123–125
Ausbund and Liedersammlung Songs (Troyer), 40, 112, 114, 129, 145
“Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir,” 109
authority, 162
“Awake, Ye Pious Christians,” 163
broadside, 93
Scottish, 165
Baptists, 92
raising, 13
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,” 124
Beachy, Jacob and Erma, 49, 50, 52, 140
Beatty, David, 75
“Bedenke Mensch, das Ende,” 4, 19–21, 54, 72, 142–144
belief, 27, 90, 92, 102, 103, 105, 165
Bender, Harold S., 165
benediction, 126
Bern, Switzerland, 93
Beside the Still Waters, 91
Bible, 18, 72, 83, 91, 124, 140
biculturalism, 15
bilingualism, 15
Billmyer, Michael, 94
“Bind Us Together with Love,” 124, 143
birth, 105
new, 102
birthday celebrations, 135
Blackboard Bulletin, 14, 16, 29
Blaurock, George, 165
Bohemian Brethren, 94
Botschaft, Die (newspaper), 16
boundary development, 36–37, 38
Bowman, Carl, 65
“Boys and Girls for Jesus,” 71
Bradbury, William, 137
“Braut geht in den Garten, Die,” 121
brides, 122, 123, 125. See also weddings
Brown, Arthur H., 103
Brunk, George, 28
buggies, 75, 90, 122, 125, 138
flashers, 75
caskets, 125, 128, 130. See also funerals
Burkhart, Charles, 43, 164, 165
Byler, Leland, 165
calendar, 101
Calvin, John, 97
Canada, 55
cantometrics, 34
catechism, 102
celebrations, 95, 100, 106, 121, 122, 130. See also weddings; specific holidays
change, 9–10, 31–35, 83, 102, 104, 145, 163, 166
melismatic, 142
Charm, OH, 157
Child, Francis J., 165
childhood, 50–54, 65, 72–74, 128
play, 58–60
Vorsinger, 66
Christ. See Jesus
Christians/Christianity, 77, 79, 91, 95, 96, 98, 102, 105, 125, 162
Christmas, 68, 98, 133, 134, 140, 159
affiliations, 5–6
districts, 5–6
state, 102
worship schedule, 91
Church and Sunday School Songbook, 83
Cincinnati, OH, 91
Clock, Leenaert, 108
clothing, 102
bonnets, 101
flapper, 102
jackets, 63
mutza coat, 102
scarf, 63
Coblentz, John, 73
“Come, Children, Let Us Go,” 125, 128
communion, 100, 101, 102, 104–106, 165
districts, 66, 76–77, 87, 91, 99–100, 102, 122, 125
identity formation, 11
maintenance, 106, 123, 125, 142
mutual support, 13
standards, 29
utopia, 91
compassion, 104
congregations, 88, 92, 98, 99, 101, 103, 105, 123, 124, 126–128
consensus, 104
contour, 165
Correll, Ernst, 162
courtship, 79
“Create Your Blessedness,” 72
critical thinking, 65
crossroads, 37
crucifix, 38
curriculum, 65
customs, 21
dancing, 98
dating, 79
Day, Doris, 73
death, 66, 73, 93, 96, 128, 130. See also funerals
“Death of Floyd Collins, The,” 163
dedication, 69
“Demuth ist die schönste Tugend,” 142
Demutigkeit, 27
denominations, 98
devotion, 27, 31, 70, 73, 91, 95, 143
diaspora, 5
Diener-Versammlungen, 6
diminution, 166
discernment, 66
disciples, 164
discipline, 51
disobedience, 90
dissonance, 80
districts. See under community
Dordrecht Confession, Holland, 102
Dorsey, Thomas A., 27–28
Dutch hymn authors, 94
“Du unbegreiflich hchstes Gut,” 163
Easy Instructor, The (Little and Smith), 41
Eden, 90
education, 14–15, 30. See also school(s)
Ehrenfried, Joseph, 94
Elizabethtown, PA, 157
embellishment, 97, 99, 129, 162
English, 15, 63, 65, 66, 82, 92, 99, 140
songs, 70–73, 78, 80, 83, 94, 128
Enlightenment, 65
“Er hat ein Weib genommen,” 151
Erickson, Eric, 12
“Ermuntret euch, ihr Frommen!,” 124, 163
escape tones, 135
“Es sind zween Weg,” 4, 24, 35, 36–45, 49, 54, 71, 128, 145
“Es wollt ein Magdlein Wasser hollen,” 109
Eve, 90
excommunication, 105
exile, 100
experimentation, 91
expulsion, 90
family, 131–132
Family Life (periodical), 12, 16, 28, 51
“Family Who Prays, The,” 137
Farmerstown, OH, 157
farming, 9–10. See also agriculture
“Father, We Adore Thee,” 70
fellowship, 77, 79, 91, 102, 104, 106
“feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ein,” 97
Fisher, Marian, 143–144
Fisher, Sara, 71
Fishman, Andrea, 15
flats, 80
Former Amish Reunion, Wayne County, OH, 39, 40, 42, 145–147, 157
Foucault, Michael, 11
“Found a Peanut,” 158
Four Hundred Years with the Ausbund (Yoder), 97
Fourierists, 91
Freiheit, 90
“Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele,” 126
Frey, J. William, 43, 145, 163, 164
friendship, 65, 91, 95, 101, 129, 157, 163
“Fröhlich so will ich singen,” 96
“From Jerusalem to Jericho,” 72
funerals, 18, 21, 121, 122, 136
elegies, 93
eulogies, 126
Geertz, Clifford, 18
Gelassenheit, 27
“Gelobt sei Gott im hochsten Thron,” 142
genealogy, 10
generators, 124
children’s songs, 54–60, 71–73
Germantown, PA, 94
Gernold, Wolff, 97
Gerstner-Hirzl, Emily, 54
Ghana, 76
Giroux, Henry, 65
Golden Rule, 65
goodness, 95
Good Samaritan, 72
Goshen College, Indiana, 99, 162
“Gott ist die Liebe,” 21, 64, 71, 127
Green County Tour, 136
grooms, 123, 125. See also weddings
guidance, 103
guilt, 104
“Gute Nacht ihr meine Lieben,” 128
half-step, 70
hangman, 93
harmonica, 163
four-part, 60, 68, 76, 77, 80, 140
lack of, 35
Hätzer, Ludwig, 97
Hausman, Ruth, 56
Hemphill, Joel, 73
heretics, 93
“Herzlich tut mich Verlangen,” 126
“He’s Taken a Wife,” 123
“Heut fänget an das neue,” 154
“Heut sänget,” 135
hexatonic songs, 135
“Hildebrand,” 149
Ohio, 6–9
origins, 5–6
persecution, 5, 7, 93, 95, 100, 137, 141, 162
in Russia, 165
holidays, 130. See also specific holidays
holiness, 96
publications from, 16
settlement of, 6–9
survey in, 17
hope, 65
hostlers, 122
“How Beautiful Heaven Must Be,” 130
“How Great Thou Art,” 76
“Hund, Der,” 71
Hunter, William, 73
Huntington, Gertrude Enders, 31, 64
hymnals, 76–80, 82, 93, 94, 163, 165
Ausbund, 17, 27, 93–100, 108–109, 113–117, 140
harmony, 133
studies of, 162–166
unison, 34
wedding, 125
“Ich war ein kleines Kindlein,” 129–130
“Ich will lieben,” 124
identity, 11–12, 15, 31, 65–66, 132, 143, 144
ideal self, 12
issues with, 12
through song, 22
“I Feel Like Travelin’ On,” 73
“If My Mother Had Not Prayed for Me,” 128
“If You’re Happy and You Know It,” 72
“I Know Who Hung the Stars,” 71
“I Learned About Jesus in Grandma’s Rocking Chair,” 72
“I’ll Fly Away,” 137
“I’m Building a Home,” 39
“In der stillen Einsamkeit,” 69–72, 142, 148
indoctrination, 95
influence, 158
“In Life’s Morning,” 67
innovation, 166
instruction, 68, 90, 102, 103, 123
forbidden, 28
intervals, 112
isolation, 91
“I Was Made in His Likeness,” 71
“I Will Make You Fishers of Men,” 147
Jackson, George Pullen, 41, 44, 97, 139, 147, 149, 162, 163
Jesus, 72, 83, 84, 90, 96, 100, 103, 104, 105, 124, 128, 141, 142, 164
“Jesus Signed My Pardon,” 137
Jewish mysticism, 53
“John Brown’s Body,” 124
joining the church, 79, 88, 101–103
“Joy to the World,” 98
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” 81
“Just as I Am,” 135
Kansas, 166
Kentucky, 140
Kidron, OH, 157
kindergarten, 68
King, E. J., 41
Kirtland, OH, 91
Kishacoquillas Valley, PA, 114
kissing game, 79
Klagelieder, 93
Koch, Hans, 94
“Kommt Kinder, last ungehen,” 128
Kraybill, Donald, 65
Kreps, George, 157
lamentation, 93
Lancaster, PA, 55, 56, 136, 164
Lancaster Historical Society, 157
Landis, Hans, 93
language, 15–16, 65, 72. See also Pennsylvania Dutch
law, 95
leadership, 66, 80, 82, 88, 97, 123–125, 166
by bishops, 87, 103, 104, 124, 125, 128, 157
by treasurer, 82
“Lebt friedsam,” 135, 136, 142
Lendon, Ada, 28
Leola, PA, 115
Levine, Lawrence W., 139
liberty, 90
libraries, public, 16
Library of Congress, 40, 145, 162, 163
Liebert, Peter, 94
“Lieder der Wiedertäufer, Die,” 108
Liedersammlung, Eine Unparteiische, 3–4, 24, 60, 62, 64, 69, 71–73, 80, 83, 94, 101, 103, 123, 125, 126, 159
Gingerich edition, 165
life, 66, 90, 100, 102, 106, 122, 125, 130, 158, 161, 166
lifestyle, 15–16
Little, William, 41
Loblied (Lobsang, Lobgesang), 31, 54, 95, 106, 114, 123, 127, 137, 150, 162
assertions of, 109
Holmes County version, 110–112, 113
Leola, PA, version, 115–116
Lomax version, 113–114
origins of, 108–109
other versions, 116–117
Troyer version, 112–113
Yoder version, 114–115
Lomax, Alan and Elizabeth, 34, 113, 114, 115, 162, 163
“Lord, Lead Me On,” 81
Lord’s Prayer, 72
lullabies, 49, 52. See also nursury songs
Magdelein, 97
maintenance, 106
Marglin, Stephen, 10
“Marine Hymn, The,” 124
as hymn writers, 28, 31, 93, 100, 142, 165
“Mary Had a Little Lamb,” 148
Mast, Daniel E., 21
matrimony. See weddings
McNamara, Patrick, 19
meditation, 90
“Meet Mother in the Skies,” 128
“Mein Lebensfaden lauft zu Ende,” 126
Meister, Leonhart, 94
melisma, 41, 43, 44, 105, 112, 135, 165
melody, 99, 112, 117, 135, 137, 145–148
chorale, 97
embellishement, 73, 98, 139, 162, 163, 165
proliferation of, 69, 135, 140–141
religious, 97
unison, 60
Mendelssohn, Felix, 80
Mennonite Publishing House, 94
Mennonites, 5, 8, 13, 55, 68, 76, 94, 115, 140, 159, 162, 164
messages, 88, 90, 92, 93, 95, 105, 126
meter, 67
Methodist Episcopal Church, 73
Meyers, Thomas, 38
Middlefield, OH, 128
Miller, Jacob, 6
Miller, Levi, 38
Millersburg, OH, 157
ministers, 24, 73, 82, 102, 136
preaching, 78, 83, 91, 92, 103
mission, 83
“Mockingbird Hill,” 24
monophony, 34, 43, 60, 140, 165
monotone, 92
moral relativity, 65
Mormons, 91
“Mother Left Me Her Bible,” 128
“Mother’s Grave,” 128
mourners, 125
Münster, Germany, 137
change, 35
as language, 30
rejection of mainstream, 32
role of, 28. See also singing
musica ficta, 80
mutual aid, 13
mutual dependence. See interdependece
“My Life Is a Canvas,” 71
“My Mother’s Not Dead,” 152
National Archives of American Folksong, 165
national gathering. See Diener-Versammlungen
Neander, Joachim, 69
Nettle, Bruno, 43, 44, 162, 165
courtship, 78
graveside singing, 128–130
salvation, 126
Sunday schedule, 18
Sunday school, 91
travel, 136–137
New Testament, 100
New Year’s services, 135
Nickel Mines (PA) school shooting, 80, 143–144
non-Amish, 68, 81, 122. See also English
nonviolence, 102
accent, 114
notation, 80, 93, 159, 165, 166
modal, 146
notes, 97–99, 114, 129, 145–147
nuance, 166
“Nun danket alle Gott,” 80
“Nun Gott lob!,” 136
“Nun gute Nacht, ihr Liebsten mein,” 126
“Nun sich der Tag,” 127
oaths, 102
“Obgleich die Harf,” 95
octave, 64, 73, 92, 98, 99, 146, 147
O’Day, Rosemary, 50
Offenbach, Jacques, 124
“O Gott Schöpfer,” 98
“O Gott Vater, wir loben Dich,” 95
“O Gott Vater in Himmels Throne,” 105, 149
“O Herre Gott in deinem Thron,” 87, 104
Ohio, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 136, 139, 140
migration of Amish into, 8
Ohio Amish Library, 94
Ohio State University Extension, 157
Old Order Amish, 108, 122, 140, 164–165
family worship, 91
funerals, 126–127
and large families, 10–11
men’s sings, 99
monophonic singing, 33
youth singing, 79
“On Jordan’s Stormy Bank,” 126
ordinations, 18
organ, 166
organum, 64
Amish, 5–6
ornamentation, 41, 44, 97, 165, 166
Our Heritage, Hope, and Faith (Miller), 87
Our School Favorites, 67
“O Vater, steh uns gnadig bei,” 98
“O Vater! Kindlich beten wir,” 72
Owenites, 91
pacifists, 124
parenting, 10–12, 29, 49–52, 158
example, 102
singing with children, 16–17, 20, 29, 34, 52–61, 128, 158
partners, 122
part-singing, 34, 35, 78, 140, 166
passing note, 99
passing tone, 99
Pathway Publishers, 16
patience, 95
penitentiary, 162
penitents, 105
Pennyslvania, 14, 16, 69, 140, 143
Amish settlement of, 5
Pennsylvania Dutch, 6, 15, 62, 63, 136
pentatonic song, 112
perfection, 106
perfect pitch, 82
performance, 114
persecution, 5, 7, 93, 95, 100, 137, 141, 162
personality, 66
Peters, G. A., 96
phrases in songs, 67, 97, 98, 128, 145, 166
pilgrims, 125
pitch, 66, 82, 83, 92, 112, 115, 140, 145, 147, 163
pitch pipe, 82
plague, 80
plainsong, 99
poetry, 146
practicing, 95, 98, 99, 114, 140, 157, 158
praise, 65, 69, 90, 95, 100, 106, 123
backslider, 104
youth-singing, 80
preaching, 78, 83, 91, 92, 103
Prodicus, 37
progress, 65
progressive orders, 92
protection, 91
Protestants, 93
providence, 132
purity, 102
“Raddy, Raddy, Gally,” 54, 58, 59
range, 39, 83, 98, 112, 146, 166
recording, 97
Reformation, Protestant, 50, 97, 100
rehearsal, 99
reinstatement, 105
relationship, 106
reliance, 90
denominations, 98
explanatory function of, 19, 20
integrative function of, 21
nondenominational, 164
psychologically reinforcing function of, 21
and sung expression, 18
validating function of, 20
repertoire, 66
reputation, 79
research, musical, 97, 159, 161, 166
responsibility, 101, 105, 121, 123
resurrection, 105
reverence, 73
revival, 92
rhythm, 58, 67, 68, 82, 83, 113, 114, 145, 165
beat, 28
complexity, 113
lack of syncopation, 68
metered, 67
problem, 83
“Rockabye Baby,” 53
Rosanna’s Boys (Yoder), 164
rounds, 66
Russia, 165
Sacred Harp, The (White and King), 41
“Saffron Walden,” 103
sanctuary, 27
Satan, 84
Sauer, Christopher, 94
“Schaffet, schaffet, meine Kinder,” 128, 148
schism within Amish culture, 6–7
“Schlof, Bubeli, Schlof,” 49, 54–58
scholars, 62, 63, 68, 70, 71, 73, 162
school(s), 14–15, 62–74, 157–160
average day, 3–4, 15, 62–64, 69–70, 72–73
curriculum, 65
formation of, 64–65
holiday singing, 140
Nickel Mines, PA, 143–144
organization of, 14
school singing, 4, 16, 20, 29, 61, 64, 66–68, 69–73
Scotch-Irish origin, 73
script, cultural, 65
Scripture, 88, 90–92, 103, 105, 124
Second Great Awakening, 91, 92
self-expression, 147
selflessness, 143–144
sentimentality, 70
separation, 90
sermons, 80, 88, 90, 92, 104, 124
service, worship, 18, 88, 91, 92, 99, 100–106, 114, 164
funeral, 125–127
music, 166
volunteering, 68
Shakers, 91
Sharp Run School, 68
sharps, 80
centrality to community life, 4
changes in, 139–142
cultural importance, 17, 22, 31–32
as cultural renewal, 139, 142–143
during holidays, 134–135
inharmonious, 116
unmetered, 67
during worship, 26–29
slow songs, 60, 78, 124, 163, 164
slurring, 114
Smith, William, 41
social harmony, 54
socialization, 15, 19, 29–31, 65
Somerset County, PA, 7
song leaders. See Vorsingers
“So Will ichs aber heben an,” 150
spirituals, 67
Stahl, Rachel, 71
stanzas, 93
“Star Spangled Banner, The,” 99
stewards, 73
“Stranger and His Music, The,” 28
Stutzman, Magdelena Gerber, 7
Sugarcreek, OH, 157
Sundays, 166
communion class, 102
“off” Sunday, 18
singing school, 41
“visiting” Sunday, 18
worship, 77, 91, 103, 104, 164
surrender, 105
survival, 125, 132, 142–143, 165
Suzuki, Shinichi, 30
Swartzentruber, Daniel, 20
Swartzentruber, David, 136
Swartzentruber, Irene, 136
Swartzentruber Amish, 6, 62–63, 92
“Sweet Hour of Prayer,” 137, 163
Swiss Brethren, 93–95, 162. See also Mennonites
syllables, 41, 73, 114, 145–147, 149
incipit, 43, 64, 66, 70, 77, 130
melismatic style, 98, 105, 145
neumatic style, 147
religious, 18
taboo, 140
teachers, 62–64, 66, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 158, 159
teenagers. See adolescence
tempo, 66, 67, 68, 73, 98, 165
texts, 67, 71, 72, 83, 92, 95–98, 106, 126, 128, 145–147, 159, 163, 165
verse, 73, 82, 83, 103, 108, 109
Thanksgiving, 134
“Thank You, Mother, for Praying for Me,” 153
theological authority, 6
“There’s a Bluebird on My Windowsill,” 73
Thirty Years’ War, 80
“This Is My Story,” 137
“This Is the Way the Farmers Ride,” 147
This Land Is Your Land,” 24, 73, 141
Titon, Jeff Todd, 52
tone-addition, 165
transcription, 145, 162, 163, 165
transformation, 90
transgression, 105
transposing, 114
travel, 136–137
trust, 125
truth, 95
Ausbund, 97, 99, 149, 163, 165, 166
popular, 73
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 8
twang, 67
Umble, John, 43, 93, 95, 99, 100, 162
uniformity, 114
unison, 66, 76, 78, 98, 140, 142
Unparteiische Liedersammlung, Eine. See Liedersammlung, Eine Unparteiische
Unparteyisches Gesang-Buch, Ein, 164
utopia, 91
vacation, 122
values, 52, 60, 61, 68, 124, 145
Venda Children’s Song (Blacking), 33
verse. See under texts
vibrato, 67
volume, 149
von Bosch, Siegmund, 124
“Von Herzen woll’n wir singen,” 105, 106, 149
“Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her,” 134, 152
Vorsingers, 40, 41, 83, 115, 116, 137, 162, 165
practicing, 134
Wagner, Georg, 97
Watts, Isaac, 83
wavering, 163
Wayne County, OH, 8, 13, 17, 140
Weaver, Andy, 6
receptions, 124
singing, 123–125
vow, 124
Wednesday Bible study, 78, 79, 82, 83
“Weil nun der Zeit,” 136
“Welt ist nicht mein Heim, Die,” 153
“Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende,” 128, 132
West Salem, OH, 64
“What a Day That Will Be,” 81
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” 83
“When the Day Has Ended,” 127
“Where Is Jesus, My Desire,” 133, 163
White, B. F., 41
whooping, 91
“Wir singen dir, Immanuel,” 71
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 14
Wittenberg, Germany, 96
“Wo ist Jesus mein Verlangen,” 128, 133, 154, 163
Wolkan, Rudolf, 94, 97, 108, 162
“Wonder of Love, The,” 72
Wooster, OH, 157
work, 65, 66, 130, 133–134, 137
workshops, 75, 76, 87, 89, 157
“World Is Not My home, The,” 132
worldview, 52
Ausbund singing in, 93–99, 107, 108, 114, 166
bi-monthly, 18
male Vorsinger in, 66, 78, 142
Württemberg, Germany, 165
Yoder, Joseph W., 32, 40, 97, 114, 145, 146, 163, 164
Yoder, Paul, 97
Yoder, Walter E., 99
yoke, 96
“You’ll Never Miss Your Mother (’til She’s Gone),” 70
youth, 77, 79, 100, 102, 122, 124, 128, 163
joining the church, 100–103
youth sings, 73, 75–84, 140, 164, 166
Y-signum, 38
Zahn, Johannes, 165
Zion Christian School, 68
“Zürich-Lied,” 162
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