The Oxford Book of Spirituals

Book Overview

African American spirituals comprise one of the world's greatest and best-loved bodies of music. The Oxford Book of Spirituals is the first anthology to present a comprehensive survey of the genre's repertoire -- its principal composers, themes, and forms -- in a way that is at once stylistically authentic, historically meaningful, and intended for practical use both in worship and in concert. This collection features a rich array of songs, both familiar and less familiar, arranged for SATB choir by twenty-eight of the most significant American composers and presented in chronological order from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193863049
• ISBN13: 9780193863040
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.8" x 10.5"