Slave Songs of the United States

This extraordinary anthology of antebellum slave songs provides musical settings for 136 musical texts and variants, in the process devoting much commentary to the regional variations in black folk music, the social settings in which the songs were customarily performed, and the distinctiveness of the Negro singing style.


Author: William F. Allen, Lois Allen
Publisher: Clearfield
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780806313498

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