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THE AMERICAN SPIRITUAL: AN HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE
BY MARIE STULTZ, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Conductors have been composing, singing and programming spirituals since the 1700's, long after the first African American arrived on our shores in 1619. In the twentieth century they have been popular with audiences and congregations all over the world. This is due in part to their first introduction to large white audiences in America and Europe in 1871. The Fisk University Jubilee Singers from Nashville, Tennessee began singing a wide variety of these inspiring songs on tour to raise money for their all-Black university.
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AN ARTICLE ON EARLY CHORAL MUSIC~BOTH SACRED AND SECULAR
BY MARIE STULTZ, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
This article is devoted to the wide variety of collections and resources for performing early music. Most of the collections of early music are in what we call the small form. These collections are of a very high caliber and display a great deal of scholarship and research. This article discusses music for treble voices as well as mixed and men's voices. It is a jumping-off point in an exploration into early music.
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TREBLE VOICE REPERTOIRE FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
The Choral Music of Johannes Brahms for Treble Voices
Brahms Lesser Known and Performed Works
The choral music of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) is as varied in form and structure as his personality and the musical forces he utilized. Brahms’ life spanned a period that experienced the intimate lieder of Robert Schumann, the spectacular operas of Richard Wagner ...
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GERMAN ART SONGS AND CHILDREN
GERMAN ART SONGS AND CHILDREN
German art songs, particularly from the Romantic period, are considered some of the greatest vocal music for solo artists ever written. Their inspiration is found in the beauty of a melodic line set to some of the finest German poets of all time...
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