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Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, [1] Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, [2] [3] [4] which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade [5] and for centuries afterwards, through ...
Pages in category "African-American spiritual songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
Hymns, Protestant gospel songs, and spirituals make up the basic source of modern Black gospel. The Library of Congress has recordings of Negro Spirituals; 1. Song - Go down Moses. 2. Song - Deep river. 3. Song - Golden slippers. 4. Song - Steal away. The Library of Congress has recordings of African Americans singing Black Gospel; 1. Song - Oh ...
Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1] [2] collection of spirituals to be published. The collectors of the songs were Northern abolitionists William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison, and Charles Pickard Ware. [3]
"Somebody's Knocking at Your Door", sometimes given as "Somebody's Knocking" and "Somebody's Knockin ' at Yo' Door", is a spiritual.The song's music and text has no known author, [1] but originated among enslaved African-Americans on Plantation complexes in the Southern United States sometime in the early 19th century.
African-American spiritual songs (53 P) C. ... Pages in category "American Christian hymns" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
Singing the Living Tradition was the first standard denominational hymnbook to include songs from Unitarians in Eastern Europe, spirituals from the African American tradition, folk and popular songs, music of major, non-Christian religious traditions, and chants and rounds gathered from the various traditions of the world. [1]