The remarkable story of the Fisk University chorus and their popular performances of Negro folksongs and spirituals, this volume is supplemented by 139 great songs, complete with text, and fully notated both in open score and in a two-stave keyboard reduction. Songs include such all-time favorites as Down By the River. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1892 edition.
American Negro Songs: 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular by John W. Work Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "John Henry," and gives words and music for 230 songs. Bibliography. Index of Song Titles.
Negro Folk-Songs by Natalie Curtis Burlin Authentic record of traditional plantation songs features 19 transcriptions of spirituals, work-songs, and play-songs scored for male quartet — from "Go Down, Moses" to "Cott'n-pickin' song."
