Ev'ry time I feel the spirit : 101 best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American church / [compiled and with commentary by] Gwendolin Sims Warren.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Warren, Gwendolin Sims, editor, commentator.

Lew, Betty, book designer.

Henry Holt and Company, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hymns, English.

African American churches.

Hymns.

Spirituals (Songs).

Gospel music.

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Hymn tunes.

Hymn writers.

African American churches--Hymns--History and criticism.

Genre:

Hymns, English.

Hymns.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Music.

Scores.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 condensed score (x, 370 pages) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Every time I feel the spirit

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1997.

Summary:

"For more than two hundred years in churches throughout the country, the strains of gospel hymns, spiritual songs and contemporary black music have offered solace and celebration to all, leaving their mark on American popular music. Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit contains the lyrics and music for 101 of the most widely known and cherished of these pieces, ranging from heartrending spirituals sung while African-Americans were enslaved - "Steal Away," "There Is a Balm in Gilead," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"--To gospel hymns and songs of unity from the civil rights movement through today - "We Shall Overcome," "I'll Fly Away." The book also presents a lively biography of each composer and a history of the evolution of each song, examining how the music emboldened black people to carry on in the face of adversity."--Jacket.

Contents:

The Negro spirituals : plantation songs and jubilee songs, 1600-1870

The gospel songs : gospel hymns, historical gospel, and traditional songs, songs of Tindley, Dorsey, Campbell, and others, 1870-1960

The Euro-American hymns : hymns of Watts, Wesley, Crosby, and others, 1600-1950

Contemporary gospel songs : songs of Crouch, Hawkins, Smallwood, Franklin, and others, 1960-present.

Notes:

Each song/hymn followed by commentary. Some presented as unaccompanied melodies; some with accompaniment. and/or chord symbols.

Copyright ©1997 by Gwendolin Sims Warren. Designed by Betty Lew"--verso of titlepage.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.

ISBN:

0805044108

9780805044102

0805044116

9780805044119

OCLC:

38086989