From preface to the books of American Negro spirituals / James Weldon Johnson -- Aesthetic of the cool : West African dance / Robert Farris Thompson -- Africa and the West Indies / Marshall Stearns ...
As the United States enters its 250 th year, it boasts a rich and varied musical legacy. But for conductor Everett McCorvey, American Negro spirituals stand apart from the rest of the country’s ...
The American Spiritual Ensemble is bringing the history and soul of American Negro spiritual music to Boston in their first tour of the Northeast. “I call it the 'mother music.' It's the music that ...
One of the largest and most significant forms of American folksongs, the Negro spiritual, has a long history in America, but how do these religious songs relate to the music heard in the Black church ...
This collection, which dates from circa 1901-1940, contains 37 books from African-American authors associated with the Harlem Renaissance. These materials were purchased in support of the exhibit "The ...
The Boston Globe: ‘It is America’s first music’: Conductor Everett McCorvey on the importance of preserving Negro spirituals
‘It is America’s first music’: Conductor Everett McCorvey on the importance of preserving Negro spirituals
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - They are songs that tell stories of suffering, faith, and hope, but this part of American history that has existed for hundreds of years is in danger of slipping away. Negro ...
The Atlantic: How the Negro Spiritual Changed American Popular Music—And America Itself