MUSC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 50-52: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Fisk University
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The texture of african american spirituals is best described as unison with some elaboration. European composer dvorak was an early supporter of african american musical styles like the spiritual. The fisk jubilee singers toured europe and the us; raised enough money to construct a major building on the fisk university campus. At the turn of the 1800s, camp meetings in the united states were not segregated by cultural background. The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity. Spirituals gained a broader presence in the united states after the civil. War largely due to the work of a touring choral group from fisk university in nashville, tennessee. Became an editor for a music publisher. His music was embraced by white singers. Art-song arrangements of african american spirituals were an important part of the harlem renaissance. Pentatonic scale utilized in swing low, sweet chariot. Fisk university in nashville, tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves.
