"I Love To Hear Those Old Hymns Played On The Violin": A Documentation And Analysis Of The Secular Instrumental Music And Old Baptist Hymn Singing Of Jack McGinnis

Jack MCGinnis, born and reared in southeastern Ashe County, North Carolina, fervently carries the music traditions of his family and community into the twenty-first century. This thesis, built around two years of interviewing and recording sessions,presents a documentation and analysis of his secular and sacred music.