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Sacred Symphony The Chanted Sermon of the Black Preacher

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By Jon Michael Spencer. Foreword by William C. Turner, Jr

ISBN: 0-313-25999-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25999-9

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160 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/4/1987

List Price: $107.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies

Series Number: 111

Description: The first and only collection of its kind, Sacred Symphony contains 100 transcriptions of muscial excerpts from the chanted sermons of contemporary black preachers. In his introduction to the pieces that follow, author John Michael Spencer argues that there is an observable correlation between the chanted sermons of today's black preachers and the antebellum spiritual. He shows that the pieces collected here, each of which spontaneously evolved during the course of a sermon or prayer service, are themselves spirituals containing similar musical components--melody, rhythm, call and response, counterpoint, harmony, form, and improvisation.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Introduciton
Give Me Jesus
You Must Have That True Religion
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right
Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Ride On, King Jesus
In that Great Gettin' Up Morning
Everybody Talkin' 'Bout Heaven Ain't Goin' There
Don't Be Weary Traveler
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
Walking Together Children
Selected Bibliography
Index of First Lines
Index

LC Card Number: 87-29547

LCC Class: BV4221

Dewey Class: 783.6


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