An index to spirituals / Kathleen A. Abromeit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abromeit, Kathleen A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--Indexes.

African Americans.

Spirituals (Songs)--Indexes.

Spirituals (Songs).

African Americans--Music.

Genre:

indexes (reference sources)

Indexes.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 567 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2026]

Summary:

"African American spirituals constitute one of the largest bodies of American folk song and have survived into the twenty-first century. They are the root of American music. This book indexes some sixty-six hundred spirituals in 233 music anthologies published from 1867 to the present. Abromeit began indexing spirituals in the late nineties and was the first to update access to this body of repertoire in more than half a century. This noteworthy work serves as an essential research tool for performers, scholars, and students of African American music and history. The spirituals are neatly organized in five indexes: Uniform title, Dialect title, First line, Song classification that includes twenty significant categories, and Scriptural references. A bibliography of indexed sources serves as a guide for further research."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Preface

Uniform title index

Dialect title index

First line index

Song classification index

Scriptural references index.

Notes:

Update of author's original book published in 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-565).

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9798855807233

OCLC:

1548256201

Publisher Number:

90104113502