Session Title
Session Description
The Negro Spiritual has been hailed as American’s first authentic folk music. Spirituals have served as a primary musical source from which many sacred and secular musical genres have stemmed. The “Spiritual” itself has evolved into many forms. There are oral, concert, art song, congregational, and gospel spirituals, and each has its own unique musical characteristics that have helped to preserve the Spiritual as a musical form. Come learn more about Spirituals, hear and sing some traditional spirituals and experience contemporary spiritual arrangements from Raymond Wise’s collection of 21 Spirituals for the 21st Century.
Conference Title
2016 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-29-2016
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Text
Subject Area
Music
Topic
Liturgical Music
Keywords:
Negro Spiritual, Musical Form, Tradition
Recommended Citation
Wise, Raymond PhD, "21 Spirituals for the 21st Century" (2016). Symposium on Worship Archive. 37.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2016/allitems/37
Included in
21 Spirituals for the 21st Century
The Negro Spiritual has been hailed as American’s first authentic folk music. Spirituals have served as a primary musical source from which many sacred and secular musical genres have stemmed. The “Spiritual” itself has evolved into many forms. There are oral, concert, art song, congregational, and gospel spirituals, and each has its own unique musical characteristics that have helped to preserve the Spiritual as a musical form. Come learn more about Spirituals, hear and sing some traditional spirituals and experience contemporary spiritual arrangements from Raymond Wise’s collection of 21 Spirituals for the 21st Century.