Choral Arrangements Of The African American Spirituals

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Choral Arrangements Of The African American Spirituals

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Author : Patricia J. Trice
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 1998-02-12

Choral Arrangements Of The African American Spirituals written by Patricia J. Trice and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-12 with Music categories.

Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention. This book provides the needed historical and stylistic information about the spirituals and the arrangements. It traces the history and cultural roots of the genre through its inception and delineates the African and European characteristics common to the original folk songs and arrangements. Ensembles that have perpetuated the growth of the spiritual arrangements—from Fisk Jubilee Singers of the 1870s through those currently active—are chronicled as well. Musicians, choral directors, and scholars will welcome this first complete text on the African-American spiritual genre. Annotated listings of titles provide information choral directors need to make ensemble-appropriate performance choices. Arrangements indexed by title, arranger, and subject complement the accompanying biographies and repertoire information. Well-organized and thoroughly researched, this text is a valuable addition to music, choral, multicultural, and African-American libraries.

The Influence Of Choral Arrangements And Historical Performance Practices Of African American Spirituals On Selected Choruses In George Gershwin S Porgy And Bess

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Author : Arlecia Jan Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

The Influence Of Choral Arrangements And Historical Performance Practices Of African American Spirituals On Selected Choruses In George Gershwin S Porgy And Bess written by Arlecia Jan Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with African Americans categories.

George Gershwin (1898-1937) wrote an opera about black life, and he called it a "folk opera." This opera became the work now famously known as Porgy and Bess. But, rather than use traditional black folk music, Gershwin wrote his own music that emulated the African-American folk style. The result is a work comprising recitatives, solo arias, and ensemble and choral pieces that reference musical and stylistic features of the African-American spiritual. This paper will explore how Gershwin acquired knowledge of the musical materials and stylistic features of African-American choral arrangements of spirituals to influence his own representation of spirituals in Porgy and Bess. The paper will compare particular settings of spirituals published during the 1920s and 1930s. Works by such African-American composers as Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949), R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), and Hall Johnson (1888-1970) will be examined in context with selected choruses from Porgy and Bess. Scholars agree that Gershwin had a special talent for employing black music idioms in his compositions and possessed a penchant for combining musical styles. As black music was popular during the Harlem Renaissance, it might be expected that Gershwin would effectively incorporate black folk music traditions in his opera. Gershwin lived and worked during this seminal period of the African-American spiritual. Prior to Gershwin's birth, the concert arrangement of the spiritual had gained prominence with its introduction by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1871, the singers achieved renown by their reputable fund-raising concert tours throughout the United States and abroad. In the 1920s and 1930s the Harlem Renaissance was in full flowering, and published arrangements of spirituals were widely distributed and commonly heard in concerts, on film, and on radio broadcasts throughout America. Simultaneously, musical theater was at its peak, and notable concerts, featuring concert music of black composers by black performers were staged in New York. Gershwin owned published collections of spiritual arrangements, and had professional and personal associations with black musicians and composers from which he could further draw inspiration for his work on Porgy and Bess. Gershwin traveled to South Carolina twice, with librettist DuBose Heyward as guide, between 1933 and 1934, to hear and absorb the musical traditions of the Gullahs, the people on whom Gershwin based the opera's characters. Some of the music (i.e. "Oh, Doctor Jesus") was directly influenced by what Gershwin heard in South Carolina. The Gullah, or low-country spirituals featured in Heyward's novel (and subsequent play Porgy) were influential as well. An examination of several choral pieces from the opera reveals also the impact Gershwin's exposure to African-American choral arrangements of spirituals had on his creative imagination. Shortly after the premiere of Porgy and Bess, Gershwin explained in a New York Times article that he composed his "own spirituals" for the opera rather than insert traditional African-American folk songs because he wanted the music to be "all of one piece." Implicit in Gershwin's statement is the desire to create consistency in musical sound and style. So, he wrote several pieces in the style of spirituals to ensure musical continuity throughout the opera. In particular, several of the choral pieces show clear evidence of the influence of the choral arrangements of spirituals by African-American composers. These spirituals proliferated just prior to and during the time that Gershwin composed the opera. Finally, this paper will review the performance practice of spirituals, as revealed through recordings and as described by noted black scholars. It is the belief of this author that such detailed information can provide performers and scholars with an historical basis for choosing, studying, understanding, and performing choral excerpts from Porgy and Bess in ways that accurately reflect African-American folk music traditions.

Choral Arrangements Of The African American Spirituals

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Author : Patricia J. Trice
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1998-02-12

Choral Arrangements Of The African American Spirituals written by Patricia J. Trice and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-12 with Music categories.

Although the choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals constitute the largest group of folk song arrangements in western literature, they have received little scholarly attention. This book provides the needed historical and stylistic information about the spirituals and the arrangements. It traces the history and cultural roots of the genre through its inception and delineates the African and European characteristics common to the original folk songs and arrangements. Ensembles that have perpetuated the growth of the spiritual arrangements—from Fisk Jubilee Singers of the 1870s through those currently active—are chronicled as well. Musicians, choral directors, and scholars will welcome this first complete text on the African-American spiritual genre. Annotated listings of titles provide information choral directors need to make ensemble-appropriate performance choices. Arrangements indexed by title, arranger, and subject complement the accompanying biographies and repertoire information. Well-organized and thoroughly researched, this text is a valuable addition to music, choral, multicultural, and African-American libraries.

So You Want To Sing Spirituals

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Author : Randye Jones
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-10-14

So You Want To Sing Spirituals written by Randye Jones and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-14 with Music categories.

With their rich and complicated history, spirituals hold a special place in the American musical tradition. This soul-stirring musical form is irresistible to singers seeking to diversify their performance repertoire, but it is also riddled with controversy, especially for singers of non-African descent. Singer and historian Randye Jones welcomes singers of all backgrounds into the style while she explores its folk song roots and transformation into choral and solo vocal concert repertoire. Profiling key composers and pioneers of the genre, Jones also discusses the use of dialect and other controversial performance considerations. Contributed chapters address elements of collaborative piano, studio teaching, choral arrangement, voice science, and vocal health as they apply to the performance of spirituals. The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing Spirituals features online supplemental material on the NATS website.

Choral Music

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Author : Avery T. Sharp
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011

Choral Music written by Avery T. Sharp and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Music categories.

This is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites on choral music. This book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared since publication of the previous edition.

My Favorite Spirituals

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Author : Roland Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2001-01-01

My Favorite Spirituals written by Roland Hayes and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Music categories.

Thirty musical arrangements by noted African-American tenor recall biblical events in such well-known tunes as Deep River, Dry Bones, Steal Away, and Were You There? Perceptively written introduction to each song includes background history. Rich collection will appeal to lovers of great spirituals and the rich legacy of African-American song.

A Comparative Study Of African American Spiritual Arrangements As Choral Art

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Author : David W. Paulson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

A Comparative Study Of African American Spiritual Arrangements As Choral Art written by David W. Paulson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with African Americans categories.

Expressions Of Freedom

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Author : René Boyer-Alexander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Expressions Of Freedom written by René Boyer-Alexander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Music categories.

The history of the African American people was one of physical hardship and emotional anguish, yet the music arising from this struggle - the spiritual - was one of deeply-felt emotion. This collection of spirituals, arranged by Rene Boyer-Alexander for voices and Orff instruments, is much more than a mere song collection. It is a chronicle of expression that will enrich and uplift both children and adults in classrooms, choirs, community gatherings and churches. In three volumes or one complete edition, it includes arrangements of over 55 songs, historical background, suggested program uses and cultural connections. Available: Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Complete Edition. For all ages.

Spirituals

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Author : Kathleen A. Abromeit
language : en
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Release Date : 2015-01-01

Spirituals written by Kathleen A. Abromeit and has been published by A-R Editions, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Music categories.

Spirituals originated among enslaved Africans in America during the colonial era. They resonate throughout African American history from that time to the civil rights movement, from the cotton fields to the concert stage, and influenced everything from gospel music to blues and rap. They have offered solace in times of suffering, served as clandestine signals on the Underground Railroad, and been a source of celebration and religious inspiration. Spirituals are born from the womb of African American experience, yet they transcend national, disciplinary, and linguistic boundaries as they connect music, theology, literature and poetry, history, society, and education. In doing so, they reach every aspect of human experience. To make sense of the immense impact spirituals have made on music, culture, and society, this bibliography cites writings from a multidisciplinary perspective. This annotated bibliography documents articles, books, and dissertations published since 1902. Of those, 150 are books; 80 are chapters within books; 615 are journal articles, and 150 are dissertations, along with a selection of highly significant items published before 1920. The most recent publications included date from early 2014. Disciplines researched include music, literature and poetry, American history, religion, and African American Studies. Items included in the annotated bibliography are limited to English-language sources that were published in the United States and focus on African American spirituals in the United States, but there are a few select citations that focus on spirituals outside of the United States. Of the one thousand annotations, they are divided, roughly evenly, between: general studies and geographical studies; information about early spirituals; use of spirituals in art music, church music, and popular music; composers who based music on spirituals; performers of spirituals (ensembles and individuals); Bible, theology, and religious education; literature and poetry; pedagogical considerations, including the teaching of spirituals as well as prominent educators; reference works and a list of resources that were unavailable for review but are potentially useful. This book also offers considerable depth on particular topics such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers and William Grant Still with over thirty citations devoted to each. At the same time, materials included are quite diverse, with topics such as spirituals in Zora Neale Hurston’s novels; bible studies based on spirituals; enriching the teaching of geography through spirituals; Marian Anderson’s historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial; spiritual roots of rap; teaching dialect to singers; expressing African American religion in spirituals; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s music; slave tradition of singing among the Gullah. The book contains indices by author, subject, and spiritual title. Additionally, an appendix of spirituals by biblical reference, listing both spiritual title to scriptural reference as well as scripture to spiritual title is included. T. L. Collins, Christian educator, compiled the appendix.

A New Perspective For The Use Of Dialect In African American Spirituals

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Author : Felicia Raphael Marie Barber
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-06

A New Perspective For The Use Of Dialect In African American Spirituals written by Felicia Raphael Marie Barber and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-06 with Music categories.

A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics investigates the use of the African American English (AAE) dialect in the musical genre of the spiritual. Perfect for conductors and performers alike, this book traces the history of the dialect, its use in early performance practice, and the sociolinguistic impact of the AAE dialect in the United States. Felicia Barber explores AAE’s development during the African Diaspora and its correlations with Southern States White English (SSWE) and examines the dialect’s perception and how its weaponization has impacted the performance of the genre itself. She provides a synopsis of research on the use of dialect in spirituals from the past century through the analysis of written scores, recordings, and research. She identifies common elements of early performance practice and provides the phonological and grammatical features identified in early practice. This book contains practical guide for application of her findings on ten popular spiritual texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It concludes with insights by leading arrangers on their use of AAE dialect as a part of the genre and practice.