Description |
2 audio discs (131 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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mono |
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digital recording |
Series |
Pioneers series
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Pioneers series.
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Performer |
Jubilee Singers. |
Event |
Recorded 1909-1916. |
Note |
Compact disc. |
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Accompanying booklet bound in container (x, 96 p. : ill., ports.) contains foreword by Richard Martin, Meagan Hennessey, and Ken Flaherty, Jr., prologue, features, and recording notes by Tim Brooks, historical essay: The Fisk University Jubilee Quartet with John Work II : "Singing of the old tunes, in the old fashioned way," by Doug Seroff, poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and a 1983 interview with Jerome I. Wright by Doug Seroff. |
Contents |
CD 1. "I guess you've heard of Professor John Work... " (0:56) -- I couldn't hear nobody pray (2:43) -- Old black Joe (3:27) -- Roll Jordan roll (2:37) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (2:52) -- There is a balm in Gilead (2:21) -- When Malindy sings (3:37) -- Golden slippers (2:37) -- Little David play on yo' harp / Shout all over God's heaven (2:44) -- Great campmeeting (2:34) -- "He had one of the sweetest tenor voices... " (0:28) -- Po' Mo'ner got a home at last (2:58) -- In bright mansions above (2:51) -- My soul is a witness (2:46) -- Done what you told me to do (3:03) -- I know the Lord laid His hands on me (2:29) -- Band of Gideon (2:55) -- In the morning (2:15) -- Ole ark / Brethren rise, shine (2:51) -- Good news / Wasn't that a wide river (3:10) -- "We made it sound like a pipe organ... " (0:33) -- Crossing the bar (3:21) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (4:34) -- All over this world (3:27) -- Shout all over God's heaven / Little David (3:55) -- CD 2. My soul is a witness (3:47) -- Roll Jordan roll (3:39) -- Band of Gideon (3:45) -- Great campmeeting (3:03) -- Peter on the sea / The ole ark (3:11) -- Banjo song (2:41) -- "Jubilee Hall up there is called 'frozen music'... " (0:13) -- Shout all over God's heaven (2:25) -- There is a light shining for me (3:10) -- Couldn't hear nobody pray (3:00) -- Steal away to Jesus (2:49) -- River of Jordan (2:39) -- Little David play on your harp (2:20) -- "See, we sang 'spirituals, ' interpreted them as the slaves did... " (0:28) -- Old tunes (2:26) -- O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn (2:38) -- In that great gettin' up mawnin' (2:23) -- Brethren rise! (2:24) -- Good news, the chariot's coming (2:56) -- Great camp meeting (2:47) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (3:17) -- "These students are far removed from what we were... " (0:19) -- I couldn't hear nobody pray (2:55) -- Shout all over God's heaven / Little David (3:29). |
Subject |
Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925.
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Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925. |
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Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)
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Jubilee Singers (Fisk University) |
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African Americans -- Music -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Music. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Folk music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
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Spirituals (Songs) -- United States.
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Spirituals (Songs) |
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Wright, Jerome I. -- Interviews.
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African American singers -- Interviews.
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African American singers. |
Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Folk music.
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Folk music.
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Added Author |
Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925, performer.
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Seroff, Doug.
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Brooks, Tim.
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Wright, Jerome I.
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.
Poems. Selections.
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Added Title |
Legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
Standard No. |
778632904743 |
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00778632904743 |
Music No. |
ARCH 5020 Archeophone Records |
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