Dr. Johnson, Walking into a class entitled, Surveying African American Music, I expected an extremely mundane music class with an extremely mundane professor. I expected a
Where did Negro Spirituals Begin? A spiritual is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in
The word Classical has strong connotations, conjuring up the art and philosophy of Ancient Greece and Rome along with their ideals of balance, proportion and
Throughout musical history, it has been evident that Black music has been commodified by white profiteers. Regardless of the genre, the music has been altered
Jubilee Quartets started in the mid-1800’s as an outgrowth of the African American university singing movement. The early a cappella vocal groups were originally known as