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Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry /

Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and w...

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Main Author: Graham, Sandra J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Series:Music in American life
Subjects and Genres:
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)
1800-1899
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > United States > 19th century > History and criticism.
Minstrel shows > United States > History > 19th century.
Negro spirituals > États-Unis > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Spectacles de ménestrels (Théâtre américain) > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MUSIC > Religious > Gospel.
RELIGION.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Music.
Jubilee singers.
Minstrel shows.
Spirituals (Songs)
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Spirituals.
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Call Number: ML 3556 .G77 2018
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