The Books Of American Negro Spirituals

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780306812026

Price: £21.99

ON SALE: 18th December 2002

Genre: Humanities / History

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In two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spirituals known. favourites like “Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” “Deep River,” and “Go Down, Moses” are arranged for voice and piano by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and considered within their African tradition.