{"product_id":"index-to-african-american-spirituals-for-the-solo-voice","title":"Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpirituals were an intrinsic part of the African-American plantation life and were sung at all important occasions and events. This volume is the first index of African-American spirituals to be published in more than half a century and will be an important research tool for scholars and students of African-American history and music. The first collection of slave songs appeared in 1843, without musical notation, in a series of three articles by a Methodist Church missionary identified simply as c. Collections that included musical notation began appearing in the 1850s. The earliest book-length collection of spirituals containing both lyrics and music was published in 1867 and entitled \u003ci\u003eSlave Songs of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. Not since the 1930s, with the publication of the \u003ci\u003eIndex to Negro Spirituals\u003c\/i\u003e by the Cleveland Public Library, has an index of spirituals been compiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spirituals are neatly organized in four indexes: a title index, first line index, alternate title index and a topical index that includes twenty major categories. A bibliography of indexed sources serves as a guide for further research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54219526570328,"sku":"9780313305771","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/index-to-african-american-spirituals-for-the-solo-voice","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}