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Offering The Book of American Negro Spirituals , Two Volumes in One
Second Printing January 1942
A treasured collection of sheet music and commentary on the greatest spirituals of all time.
In two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spirituals known. Favorites like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Deep River," and "Go Down, Moses" are arranged for voice and piano by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and considered within their African tradition.
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) respected interpreter of the Black Experience.