Directory of Spirituals Resources

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Spirituals, traditionally called "Negro Spirituals" and occasionally in the U.S., "African-American Spirituals," were the traditional religious folk songs of the slaves. They were recreated as choral concert pieces around the turn of the century by the Fisk Singers, and have become firmly established in both hymnals and the concert repertoire.

Subcategories

• Singers and Ensembles

Resources in This Category

• Church and Camp Meeting Hymns

  http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/christn/chsohp.html
  Includes lyrics and WAV files for ~10 spirituals quoted in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

• Glimpses #89: Slave Songs

  http://www.christianhistorytimeline.com/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps089.shtml
  Article from the Christian History Institute, with song lyrics.

• Negro Spirituals

  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TWH/Higg.html
  Eyewitness account of lyrics and performance, from an article in the 1867 Atlantic Monthly.

• Negro Spirituals and Gospel Music

  http://www.negrospirituals.com/
  (Historical overview, with a few sample lyrics).

• Slave Songs of the United States.

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/allen/menu.html
  E-text including introduction, lyrics, and annotated music collected by William Francis Allen, 1830-1889, Charles Pickard Ware, 1840-1921, and Lucy McKim Garrison 1842-1877.

• The Negro Spiritual

  http://www.dogonvillage.com/negrospirituals/
  Quarterly containing education, history, and news related to Negro Spirituals: subscription information, news, and reviews.

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• Home > Arts > Music > Composition > Composers > B > Burleigh, Harry Thacker
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