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There breathes a hope : the legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Work, John Wesley, conductor.
Alexander Street Press.
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)
Fisk University Jubilee Quartette.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wright, Jerome I--Interviews.
Wright, Jerome I.
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University).
Spirituals (Songs)--United States.
Spirituals (Songs).
African Americans--Music.
African Americans.
Folk music--United States--History and criticism.
Folk music.
African American singers--Interviews.
African American singers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (132 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Champaign, IL : Archeophone Records, 2010.
Language Note:
Sung in English.
System Details:
digital
optical
stereo
audio file
Contents:
'I guess you've heard of Professor John Work ...'
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Old Black Joe
Roll Jordan Roll
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
There Is a Balm in Gilead
When Malindy Sings
Golden Slippers
Little David Play on Yo' Harp/Shout All Over God's Heaven
The Great Campmeeting
'He had one of the sweetest tenor voices ...'
Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Last
In Bright Mansions Above
My Soul Is a Witness
Done What You Told Me to Do
I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
Band of Gideon
In the Morning
The Ole Ark/Brethren Rise, Shine
Good News/Wasn't That a Wide River
'We made it sound like a pipe organ ...'
Crossing the Bar
All Over This World
Shout All Over God's Heaven/Little David
The Band of Gideon
Peter on the Sea/The Ole Ark
Banjo Song
'Jubilee Hall up there is called 'frozen music' ...'
Shout All Over God's Heaven
There Is a Light Shining for Me
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Steal Away to Jesus
River of Jordan
Little David Play on Your Harp
'See, we sang 'spirituals'-interpreted them as the slaves did ...'
The Old Tunes
O Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn
In That Great Gettin' Up Mawnin'
Brethren Rise!
Good News, The Chariot's Coming
The Great Camp Meeting
'These students are far removed from what we were ...'
Shout All Over God's Heaven/Little David.
Participant:
John Fisk II, Fisk Jubilee Quartet.
Notes:
Title from cover image (viewed December 4, 2021).
Includes program notes, lyrics and performer biographies.
Streaming audio files.
Other Format:
Original cat. no.: ARCH 5020
OCLC:
1255494056
Publisher Number:
ASP1657919/amso
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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