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History, how the spirituals change is linked to the History of African American ... The tunes and the beats of negro spirituals and Gospel songs are highly influenced by the music of their actual cultural environment. It means that their styles are continuously changing.
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www.negrospirituals.com/
www.negrospirituals.com/
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The story of the negro spirituals is closely linked to the History of African Americans, with its three milestones: ... Since that first King’s Day, Negro spirituals have been considered as being pieces of the American heritage. So, they are often in the programs of events reminding Black History.
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www.negrospirituals.com/history.htm
www.negrospirituals.com/history.htm
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Negro spirituals were the first uniquely American music to come out of this country. European classics, Anglo ballads, hymns, and Irish jigs and reels dominated American music until the slaves created their songs of sorrow and hope to sustain them while the institution of slavery lasted. ... Might not history repeat itself?
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www.jsfmusic.com/Uncle_Tom/Tom_Article3.html
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The Negro Spiritual: From Cotton Field to Concert Hall; A Brief History; Negro spirituals are songs created by the Africans who were captured and brought to the United; States to be sold into slavery. This stolen race was deprived of their languages, families, and cultures;
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www.artofthenegrospiritual.com/research/GospelTruthNegr...
www.artofthenegrospiritual.com/research/GospelTruthNegroSpiritual.pdf
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Writer Jim Bessman described Come Down Angels as, "the first fruits of her ongoing research of the history of 'art song settings' of Negro spirituals" in the article entitled, "Soprano Gives New Life to Spirituals." The article can be accessed here.
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www.artofthenegrospiritual.com/
www.artofthenegrospiritual.com/
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Read Thomas Wentworth Higginson's article "Negro Spirituals." ... This interest was rather increased by the fact that I had for many years heard of this class of songs under the name of "Negro Spirituals," and had even heard some of them sung by friends from South Carolina. I could now gather on their own soil these...
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afroamhistory.about.com/library/blthomas_higginson_spir...
afroamhistory.about.com/library/blthomas_higginson_spirituals.htm
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Spirituals were influenced by the culture of Africa. Africans used songs to recite history, express feelings about each other, and it was tied it to all aspects of life. Influenced by traditions of Africa, spirituals were created by individual and group contribution. ... "Negro Spirituals" by Thomas W. Higginson...
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afroamhistory.about.com/od/spirituals/a/spirituals.htm
afroamhistory.about.com/od/spirituals/a/spirituals.htm
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Oakland, CA–February 8, 2008. Just in time for Black History Month, Mills College has announced it will be the depository of a unique collection of African American musical history and tradition, In Our Own Words—The Negro Spirituals Heritage Keepers, recordings of Oakland's first oral history project on...
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www.mills.edu/news/2008/newsarticle02082008negro_spirit...
www.mills.edu/news/2008/newsarticle02082008negro_spirituals.php
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Spiritual (music) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals ) are religious songs which were created by enslaved African people in America. The term spiritual is derived from spiritual song. The King James Bible's transla...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_(music)
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