Negro Folk-Songs

Authentic record of traditional plantation songs sung by students at Virginia’s Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, brilliantly compiled and notated. 19 transcriptions of spirituals, work-songs and play-songs, each scored for male quartet with piano reduction of vocal parts, from “Go Down, Moses” to “Cott’n-pickin’ song.” Also includes discussions of social context of the times. [6 1/2 x 9 1/4, 176 pp.]

Additional Information

SKU#: 06-418804
UPC: 9780486418803
ISBN-10: 0486418804
ISBN-13: 9780486418803
Series: Dover Edition
Secondary Category: Song Folio
Format: Book
Page Count: 176
Contributors: By Natalie Curtis Burlin
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