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Article: An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice.(Review)
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- The Western Journal of Black Studies
- Article date:
- December 22, 2000
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An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice
Author: Kathleen A. Abromeit
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30577-3 Pp. 216 Price: $65.00
When we think of indigenous American music surely the musical practices and activities of African and subsequently African American people should come to our attention. Moreover, the African American Spiritual, or what we regard as such, is often believed to be one of the more frequently sung repertoire that was heard by many people during the American colonial period. Despite the fact that there exist some conjecture and debate regarding its geographical origin (i.e., African or ...