"A project of the National Association of Teachers of Singing." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What are spirituals? -- From cotton field to concert hall -- Pioneers of the concert spiritual -- Song literature -- Using dialect in performance -- Must you be black to sing spirituals? -- Collaborating with pianists / Casey Robards -- African American art song / Emery Stephens and Caroline Helton -- Spirituals: interpretive guidelines for studio teachers / Barbara Steinhaus -- Choral arrangements of spirituals: birth and perpetuation of a genre / Patricia J. Trice -- Spirituals: America's original contribution to world sacred music / Timothy W. Sharp -- Gaining perspective: a linguistic approach to dialect found in African American spirituals / Felicia Barber -- Singing and voice science / Scott McCoy -- Vocal health for singers / Wendy LerBorgne.
Series:
So you want to sing: Guides for performers and professionals
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