Slave Songs of the United States
- Slave Songs of the United States
"Slave Songs of the United States" was a collection of African American music, published in 1867. It was the first, and most influential, [Darden, pg. 71] [Southern, pg. 152] collection of spirituals to be published; the collectors were Northern abolitionists, William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison and Charles Pickard Ware. [Crawford, pg. 416] It is a "milestone not just in African American music but in modern folk history". [Darden, pgs. 99-100] [Cite book|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music|chapter=Overview|last=Maultsby|first=Portia K.|coauthors=Mellonee V. Burnin and Susan Oehler|pages=572-591] [cite journal|title=Cosmopolitan or Provincial?: Ideology in Early Black Music Historiography, 1867-1940|first=Guthrie P.|last=Ramsey, Jr.|journal=Black Music Research Journal|volume=16|issue=1|month=Spring,|year=1996|pages=11-42|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0276-3605%28199621%2916%3A1%3C11%3ACOPIIE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V|accessdate=February 17|accessyear=2008] [Snell and Kelley, pg. 22] It is also the first published collection of African American music of any kind. [Chase, pg. 215] ]References
* cite book
author = Chase, Gilbert
id = ISBN 0-252-00454-X
publisher = University of Illinois Press
title = America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present
year = 2000
*cite book
author = Crawford, Richard
id = ISBN 0-393-04810-1
publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
title = America's Musical Life: A History
year = 2001
*
* cite book
last = Koskoff
first = Ellen (ed.)
id = ISBN 0-8240-4944-6
publisher = Garland Publishing
title = Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada
year = 2000
*
*
Notes
External link
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=LHktAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=slave+songs+of+the+united+states&client=safari Full text on GoogleBooks]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Timeline of music in the United States (1850 - 1879) — This is a timeline of music in the United States from 1850 to 1879. NOTOC 1850*The Adelphi Theater of Nashville, Tennessee opens, one of the largest stages in the country at the time. [Abel, pg. 249] *The California Gold Rush brings the first… … Wikipedia
Music history of the United States — United States music history History of the United States … Wikipedia
Native Americans in the United States — This article is about the indigenous people of the United States. For other indigenous people see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Native Americans … Wikipedia
Prison rape in the United States — Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 140,000 inmates had been raped while incarcerated. [1] and there is a significant variation in the… … Wikipedia
Society of the United States — The society or culture of the United States is a Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique characteristics and developments such as dialect, music, arts, cuisine, etc. Today… … Wikipedia
Music history of the United States in the 1970s — United States music history History of the United States Milit … Wikipedia
Music history of the United States in the late 19th century — United States music history History of the United States … Wikipedia
Music history of the United States to the Civil War — History of the United States Military Postal Diplomatic Expansionist Religious Industrial Feminist Music … Wikipedia
Music history of the United States during the colonial era — History of the United States Military Postal Diplomatic Expansionist Religious Industrial Feminist Music … Wikipedia
Music of the United States — American music redirects here. For other uses, see American music (disambiguation). Music of United States of America Timeline General topics Education · History G … Wikipedia
