Music and Mourning: Funeral Traditions of the South – Abbeville Institute

Music and Mourning: Funeral Traditions of the South – Abbeville Institute

Southern funerals. There’s nothing like them anywhere in the world. They are a unique blend of faith, reverence, tradition, and music, and Southern funerals and burials have been tremendously shaped by song. Whether it’s the keening moan of a gospel choir, the slow march of a brass band, or a lone fiddle crying out over a pine box, music has...