Album of Negro Spirituals: Low Voice

The list of popular negro spirituals is endless. This collection presents 28 of the best-known in simple keyboard arrangements with chord symbols and lively illustrations.Ideal for use with children in the classroom for assemblies or at home.

The spirituals created by the American Negro constitute one of the most beautiful folk song literatures in the world. Indeed in several respects the spirituals stand by themselves—- by reason of their sheer nobility of their melodies picturesque imagery the religious exaltation frequently evident in both text and music but it is the energy but it is the vitality of the rhythm that draws admirers and worshippers. This second collection contains 17 Spirituals all chosen to include both the most admired songs in this field and a representation of the widely divergent styles and their rhythms. Every song has been arranged here for Voice and Piano with optionalGuitar chords and Harmonica included in the notation.

One dozen spirituals arranged for solo voice with accompaniment. Preserved in Burleigh's arrangements are the essential characteristics of these songs that generally derived from spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervor. Includes: Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray * Were You There * Deep River and others.