Way over in Beulah lan' : understanding and performing the Negro spiritual /

Title:

Way over in Beulah lan' : understanding and performing the Negro spiritual /

Author:

Thomas, André J. (André Jerome), 1952- author.

Format:

Book

Institution:

New England Conservatory

Contents:

Part 1. Understanding the spiritual. Singing in a strange land : the origin and development of the spiritual -- From the oral tradition to the printed page : selected collectors of the spiritual -- Beyond the printed page to shaping an art : selected arrangers of the spiritual -- Part II. From the printed page to the concert stage : interpreting the spiritual -- Reflections on six spirituals. Soon ah will be done ; Swing down, chariot ; Way over in Beulah lan' ; Beautiful city ; Ride on, King Jesus ; I'm gonna sing -- Other perspectives : interviews with Dr. Anton Armstrong and Prof. Judith Willoughby.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

New England Conservatory Spaulding Library
ML3556 .T46 2007 – Available

• Available Temporarily at New England Conservatory Spaulding Reserve Desk
  On reserve for Thyg592 Afro-American Spritual (Theory: Sandler)