MUSI 1530 Chapter 3: LESSON 3
1 Dec 2016
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Lesson 3 other african american roots of rock. Very important in african american religious music since slavery. Folk spirituals: unaccompanied slave songs on religious themes that were sung in a heterogeneous, call and response style. Slaves were not allowed instruments, instead washboards and brooms or bodies (clapping, stomping) were used. Use of the bible and christian knowledge, sang for praise and worship. After the civil war folklorists tried to preserve and collect this music ex. Historically black colleges and universities (hbcu): around 1870-1880, all black universities founded after the civil war to educate young african american men and women ex. Fisk university, tuskegee university, florida a&m university, and lincoln. The fisk jubilee singers had many former slaves and although they had a white director (george white) they were trained to sing european music and later performed spirituals. Arranged spirituals: retained the melodies and texts of their folk predecessors, but sung in the european tradition and formal performance style.
