The Pennsylvania Dutch comprised the largest single ethnic group in the early American Republic of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Pennsylvania Dutch Lutheran and Reformed People (or Kirchenleute, as they often called themselves) struggled to maintain their own distinct ethnic identity in everything that they did, while also considering themselves a permanent thread in the American fabric. The tune and chorale books printed for usein Pennsylvania Dutch churches document the resulting gradual process of Americanization, including notable moments of resistance to change. Daniel Grimminger's Sacred Song and the Pennsylvania Dutch is the onlyin-depth study of the shifting identity of the Pennsylvania Dutch as seen in their music. Through a closer examination of music sources, folk art, and historical contexts, this interdisciplinary study sheds light on the process ofcultural change that occurred over the course of a century or more in the majority of Pennsylvania...

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