Choral Arrangements of the African-American Spirituals

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Choral Arrangements of the African-American Spirituals Historical Overview and Annotated Listings

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Patricia Johnson Trice

Book Code: GR0211

ISBN: 0-313-30211-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30211-4

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254 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 2/28/1998

List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Music Reference Collection

Series Number: 66

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Choral Arrangements of the African-American Spirituals is a valuable contribution to the small body of reference tools that deal with spirituals. It will serve an important function in furthering the availability and performance of this repoertory.
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Description: Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention. This book provides the needed historical and stylistic information about the spirituals and the arrangements. It traces the history and cultural roots of the genre through its inception and delineates the African and European characteristics common to the original folk songs and arrangements. Ensembles that have perpetuated the growth of the spiritual arrangements--from Fisk Jubilee Singers of the 1870s through those currently active--are chronicled as well. Musicians, choral directors, and scholars will welcome this first complete text on the African-American spiritual genre. Annotated listings of titles provide information choral directors need to make ensemble-appropriate performance choices. Arrangements indexed by title, arranger, and subject complement the accompanying biographies and repertoire information. Well-organized and thoroughly researched, this text is a valuable addition to music, choral, multicultural, and African-American libraries.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
The African-American Spiritual: Sources and Substance
The African-American Spiritual Origin and Proliferation of the Choral Art Arrangements
African-American Musical Characteristics of Unaccompanied Choral Arrangements
Annotated List of Titles
Annotated List of Arrangers
Title Index
Arranger Index
Subject Index

LC Card Number: 97-49993

LCC Class: ML128

Dewey Class: 782


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