Slave Songs of the United States

This extraordinary anthology of antebellum slave songs provides musical settings for 136 musical texts and variants, in the process devoting much commentary to the regional variations in black folk music, the social settings in which the songs were customarily performed, and the distinctiveness of the Negro singing style.


Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Allen, William F.
Published: 06/01/2009
Publisher: Clearfield
ISBN: 9780806313498
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d