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They Bear Acquaintance - African American Spirituals and the Camp Meetings (Paperback, New edition)
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They Bear Acquaintance - African American Spirituals and the Camp Meetings (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Music and Spirituality, 4
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Identifying the roots of African American spirituals and other
religious folk music has intrigued academics, hymnologists and song
leaders since this genre came to the public eye in 1867. The
conversation on origins has waned and waxed for over eighty years,
sometimes polemical, sometimes compromising. They Bear Acquaintance
looks at this discussion through the output of various
well-regarded researchers from the twentieth century. The effects
of cultural distinctions, immigration patterns and class structure
have all left their imprint on the anatomy of the music. No one
living has ever heard a spiritual performed in an authentic
setting, so misconceptions abound. Pre-dating the American Civil
War and achieving global attention in the Civil Rights movement,
the spirituals soften the edges of difficult situations, and speak
gently, yet poignantly, to human struggles. The book also pinpoints
new material from a wide range of sources in the twenty-first
century that will preserve and affirm this music for many years to
come.
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