Go Down, Moses: A Celebration of the African-American Spiritual

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Title

Go Down, Moses: A Celebration of the African-American Spiritual

This edition

"Go Down, Moses: A Celebration of the African-American Spiritual" . Comp. Richard Newman. Foreword Cornel West. Illus. Terrance Cummings. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1998. 224 pp.

Table of contents

Songs of faith -- Songs of freedom -- Songs of hope -- Songs of the spirit.

Publisher's description

"In Go Down, Moses, the noted Harvard scholar Richard Newman has collected the lyrics to 200 spirituals, along with the music to 25 of the most popular. His thoughtful introduction and commentary place these songs within their historical context. There are folk hymns of worship; songs of social protest; songs with hidden messages about resistance and escape; and deeply personal, poignant songs about the struggles and dreams of countless slave poets" (WorldCat).

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Item Number

A0322

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