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So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers

Title

So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers / Randye Jones ; [foreword, George I. Shirley].

Author

Jones, Randye

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
©2019

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Additional Authors

Shirley, George

Description

xxv, 288 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

With their rich and complicated history, spirituals hold a special place in the American musical tradition. This soul-stirring musical form is irresistible to singers seeking to diversify their performance repertoire, but it is also riddled with controversy, especially for singers of non-African descent. Singer and historian Randye Jones welcomes singers of all backgrounds into the style while she explores its folk song roots and transformation into choral and solo vocal concert repertoire. Profiling key composers and pioneers of the genre, Jones also discusses the use of dialect and other controversial performance considerations. Contributed chapters address elements of collaborative piano, studio teaching, choral arrangement, voice science, and vocal health as they apply to the performance of spirituals. --

Series Statement

So you want to sing: Guides for performers and professionals

Uniform Title

So you want to sing.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

"A project of the National Association of Teachers of Singing."
Foreword : George I. Shirley. -- Page vii.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

What are spirituals? -- From cotton field to concert hall -- Pioneers of the concert spiritual -- Song literature -- Using dialect in performance -- Must you be black to sing spirituals? -- Collaborating with pianists / Casey Robards -- African American art song / Emery Stephens and Caroline Helton -- Spirituals: interpretive guidelines for studio teachers / Barbara Steinhaus -- Choral arrangements of spirituals: birth and perpetuation of a genre / Patricia J. Trice -- Spirituals: America's original contribution to world sacred music / Timothy W. Sharp -- Gaining perspective: a linguistic approach to dialect found in African American spirituals / Felicia Barber -- Singing and voice science / Scott McCoy -- Vocal health for singers / Wendy LerBorgne.

Call Number

JNE 21-182

ISBN

1538107341
9781538107348

OCLC

1104307947

Author

Jones, Randye, author.

Title

So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers / Randye Jones ; [foreword, George I. Shirley].

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

So you want to sing: Guides for performers and professionals

So you want to sing.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Shirley, George, writer of foreword.

Research Call Number

JNE 21-182

Sc E 20-43

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