So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers /

So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers / Randye Jones ; foreword, George I. Shirley.

With their rich and complicated history, spirituals hold a special place in the American musical tradition. This soul-stirring musical form is irresistible to singers seeking to diversify their performance repertoire, but it is also riddled with controversy, especially for singers of non-African des...

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Main Author: Jones, Randye (Author)
Other Authors: Shirley, George (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Series:So you want to sing.
Subjects:
African Americans > Music > History.
Spirituals (Songs) > Instruction and study.
Spirituals (Songs) > Bibliography.
Performance practice (Music)
Musicians > Biography.
Spirituals (Songs) > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > Performances.
Singing > Instruction and study.
Musicians.
African Americans.
Spirituals (Songs)
Biographies.
Bibliographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Music criticism and reviews.
Handbooks and manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • What are spirituals?
  • From cotton field to concert hall
  • Pioneers of the concert spiritual
  • Song literature
  • Using dialect in performance
  • Must you be black to sing spirituals?
  • Collaborating with pianists / Casey Robards
  • African American art song / Emery Stephens and Caroline Helton
  • Spirituals: interpretive guidelines for studio teachers / Barbara Steinhaus
  • Choral arrangements of spirituals: birth and perpetuation of a genre / Patricia J. Trice
  • Spirituals: America's original contribution to world sacred music / Timothy W. Sharp
  • Gaining perspective: a linguistic approach to dialect found in African American spirituals / Felicia Barber
  • Singing and voice science / Scott McCoy
  • Vocal health for singers / Wendy LerBorgne.

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