The Jubilee Singers and Their Songs (Dover Song Collections)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486431320 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An incredible story and indispensable resource" according to R. Horton. This book is the story of history and history itself. It is both the story of the spread, following the Civil War, of black musical culture into mainstream US culture and the first truly influential publication of that music. It is not the first publication of African-American Spirituals (the first, in book form, was Slave Songs of the United States: The Classic 1867 Anthology but it is the one that had the largest impact, musically, in the US and abroad. It is impossible to guess just how less rich our musical landscape, both serious and popular, would be if these brave young singers had not undertaken their mission and this book . A recommended pick for students of American Music History Midwest Book Review The Jubilee Singers And Their Songs is the informative and seminal story of the Jubilee Singers and their songs is one of the evolution of Negro folksongs and spirituals, with this republication of a 1892 classic recounting the group's rise to popularity and fame. Add a score notated in both open and in a two-stave keyboard reduction for rehearsal and you have a title which is a strongly recommended pick for students of American Music History.
Songs include such all-time favorites as "Down by the river," "Go down, Moses," "Way over Jordan." "This old-time religion," and many, many more.. Fisk University was founded in 1866 to provide higher education to African-Americans who became free after the Civil War. Their popularity and fame spread rapidly, and by 1880, it had toured the northern states, performed at Boston's World Peace Jubilee and at the White House, sung for Queen Victoria, and toured Great Britain and Europe.The book recounts their remarkable story and is supplemented by 139 great spirituals, complete with texts, and fully notated in both open score and in a two-stave keyboard reduction ideal for rehearsal and performance. To raise money for the institution, the school's chorus — known as the Jubilee Singers — began performing concerts of Negro folksongs and spirituals