American experience. Jubilee Singers. Interview with Katherine Preston, music historian. 1 of 2 / [produced by WGBH].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Preston, Katherine K., interviewee.

Smith, Llewellyn, director, producer.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jubilee Singers--History.

Jubilee Singers.

Fisk University--History.

Fisk University.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Choirs (Music)--United States.

Choirs (Music).

Jubilee singers--United States.

Jubilee singers.

Genre:

Interviews.

Unedited footage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 minutes)

Other Title:

Interview with Katherine Preston, music historian, 1 of 2

Jubilee Singers : sacrifice and glory

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, 2000.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This video contains an interview with Music Historian Katherine Preston about a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, who set out on a mission to save their bankrupt school by giving concerts. Traveling first through cities in the North, then on to venues across Europe, the Jubilee Singers introduced audiences to the power of spirituals, the religious anthems of slavery. Driven to physical collapse and even death, the singers proved more successful - and more inspirational - than anyone could have imagined.

Participant:

Katherine Preston, interviewee.

Notes:

"Sacrifice and glory"--remainder of documentary title.

Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).

OCLC:

1009106811