So you want to sing spirituals : a guide for performers / Randye Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Randye, author.

Contributor:

Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.

Series:

So you want to sing

So you want to sing: Guides for performers and professionals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituals (Songs).

Performances.

Spirituals (Songs)--History and criticism.

Spirituals (Songs)--Performances.

Singing--Instruction and study.

Singing.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

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.

Notes:

"A project of the National Association of Teachers of Singing."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.

ISBN:

9781538107348

1538107341

OCLC:

1104307947

Publisher Number:

99982988426