MUSIC 2251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 50: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Fisk University
4 Nov 2018
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Ch 51 - jubilees and jubilation: the af. Immigrants to american shared their culture and ideas. The 2nd great awakening - christian movement of 1800s. Americans and euro americans came together to sing hymns of praise. Ring shout - extended call and response that built to a religious fervor. The spiritual - a way or worship and a political endeavor. Fisk jubilee singers toured through the usa and raised 31715 for fisk university. White ppl started to appreciate black music more. Harlem renaissance - black artists and philosophers to claim a high culture space for their ppl, to counteract racism. Melody = gapped pentatonic, limited range, paired open and closed phrases. Rhythm/meter = duple meter, w some triplets; flowing, w flexible syncopations. Burleigh: harmonic ambiguity connected to blues and jazz traditions. Fisk: straightforward delivery of lyrics and repetitive harmonization. Text = elaboration of ii kings 2, 11; multiple stanzas in fisk, shorter version in.
