American Negro Songs
Title | American Negro Songs PDF eBook |
Author | John Wesley Work |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0486402711 |
Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and John Henry, and gives words and music for 230 songs. Bibliography. Index of Song Titles.
Slave Songs of the United States
Title | Slave Songs of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | William Francis Allen |
Publisher | Applewood Books |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN | 1557094349 |
Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad strains tell, as the sufferers themselves could, of crushed hopes, keen sorrow, and a dull, daily misery, which covered them as hopelessly as the fog from the rice swamps. On the other hand, the words breathe a trusting faith in the life after, to which their eyes seem constantly turned.
Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry
Title | Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Jean Graham |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2018-02-26 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0252050304 |
Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and white companies. In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. In so doing they lay the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century. A companion website contains jubilee troupe personnel, recordings, and profiles of 85 jubilee groups. Please go to: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/graham/spirituals/
Soul Praise
Title | Soul Praise PDF eBook |
Author | Honor Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004-12 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN | 9781562923433 |
Soul Praise is filled with powerful hymns and songs from the rich culture of the African-American church, accompanied by the many powerful stories and insights behind these songs and hymns. This book will help you explore the people, places, and events that have shaped the heart and soul of African-American worship music throughout the years. You will be reminded of the deep spiritual heritage reflected in such lasting favorites as: Precious Lord, Take My Hand, Thomas A. Dorsey There Is a Balm in Gilead, traditional Swing Low, Sweet Chariot traditional Stand By Me,Charles A. Tindley Deep River, H.T. Burleigh Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,James Weldon Johnson ...and many more
The Books of American Negro Spirituals
Title | The Books of American Negro Spirituals PDF eBook |
Author | John Rosamond Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Book of American Negro Spirituals
Title | The Book of American Negro Spirituals PDF eBook |
Author | James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781494036324 |
This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
The Books of American Negro Spirituals
Title | The Books of American Negro Spirituals PDF eBook |
Author | James Weldon Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 1929 |
Genre | |
ISBN |