An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice

by Kathleen A. Abromeit

Spirituals were an intrinsic part of the African-American plantation life and were sung at all important occasions and events. This volume is the first index of African-American spirituals to be published in more than half a century and will be an important research tool for scholars and students of African-American history and music. The first collection of slave songs appeared in 1843, without musical notation, in a series of three articles by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313305773
• ISBN13: 9780313305771
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"