2021-10 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/15/2021
Booklet, "Southland Spirituals," 64pp. quarto, c.1936, listing 30 spirituals with lyrics and music. With introduction, "The Negro Spirituals are a distinctly American contribution to the sacred music of the world. They are the spontaneous, unstudied expression of the joys and sorrows of the race as related to religious experience. They were born in the hearts of an uneducated people who could not read or write....The Spirituals are fundamentally different from the hymns of the church. Melody and words and harmony are distinctive..." Fine condition.
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