The Books of American Negro Spirituals

by J. Rosamund Johnson and James Weldon Johnson

Book Overview

This stirring collection of Negro spirituals, edited by the great Negro poet James Weldon Johnson and arranged for voice and piano by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson, presents 120 of these melodic -- and intensely moving -- religious folk songs for contemporary performance. The original language has been faithfully preserved in this convenient performing edition, so that the spirituals can be sung today exactly as they were more than a hundred years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001S86JHG
• ISBN13: 9780306812026
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"