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Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for ...
A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio by the British composer Michael Tippett, who also wrote the libretto. Composed between 1939 and 1941, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 19 March 1944. The work was inspired by events that profoundly affected Tippett: the assassination of a German diplomat by a young Jewish ...
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Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music.
Mar 5, 2021 · Spirituals are meditations on the triumph of the metaphysical over the physical realities of slavery. They attempt to answer profound questions: What happens to an enslaved person when she dies?
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Since the first Martin Luther King Day in 1986, Negro spirituals have been considered pieces of American heritage. They are often in the programs of events reminding all of Black History. Today, everyone performs Gospel music in the United States.
Dec 17, 2023 · Negro Spirituals: The Slave Songbook – Black Music Scholar. Early Beginnings: Enslaved people who were stolen from their land and brought to the United States were deprived of their languages, cultures, and families but could not be separated from their music.
Sep 17, 2019 · 00:00. Negro spirituals have been the backbone of African American resilience dating back centuries, including during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. On a recent Sunday evening, the sound of Negro spirituals echoed through the halls of the music building at Kennesaw State University.
