Negro slave songs in the United States. / By Miles Mark Fisher. With a foreword by Ray Allen Billington, William Smith Mason Professor History, Northwestern University.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Miles Mark, 1899-1970.

Contributor:

Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981, writer of foreword.

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

Series:

Citadel paperbacks ; C-121.

Citadel paperbacks ; C-121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Genre:

Music.

Folk music.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 223 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First paperbound edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Citadel Press, 1963.

Contents:

History in the Music of Negroes

"Sinner, Please"

"Deep River"

"Steal Away"

"You'd Better Min'"

"I Am Bound for the Promised Land"

"When I Die"

"Look What a Wonder Jedus Done"

Understanding Spirituals.

Notes:

"Cover design by Jerry Soling."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Fisher, Miles Mark, 1899-1970. Negro slave songs in the United States.

OCLC:

926402