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A new perspective for the use of dialect in African American spirituals : history, context, and linguistics /

Title:
A new perspective for the use of dialect in African American spirituals : history, context, and linguistics /
Author:
Barber, Felicia Raphael Marie, 1975- author.
Format:
Book
Institution:
New England Conservatory
Contents:
Sociolinguistics : it is a matter of perception -- Acquisition of languages established as a result of the African diaspora -- Establishing performance practice. Part I: Researchers in the field of dialect -- Establishing performance practice. Part II: Dialect employed in the text settings of spirituals by three early arrangers -- Establishing performance practice. Part III: Aural history transcriptions of early sound recordings -- Score analysis : dialect reflected in early transcriptions and arrangements -- Research findings regarding use of AAE dialect in spirituals : a practical application -- Moving forward : insight from modern arrangers and next steps.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
New England Conservatory Spaulding Library
ML3556 .B37 2021 – Available