Slaves first came to the United States in the early 17th century, and slavery did not end until after the Civil War. Though slaves spent their time suffering by working on plantations, they spent some of the time singing songs that were passed down to them by their ancestors. Spirituals are religious songs associated with …
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This is my interpretation of the sound of one of the spirituals, “On To Glory.” I analyzed the lyrics of this song in the previous post. For the most part, I followed the image of the sheet music found in “Slave Songs of the United States” to have the main melody. I added harmonies to …
This is a close analysis of some of the lyrics from spirituals that I did research on. The music and lyrics came from the Slave Songs of the United States, and the commentary is at the bottom of the page, below all of the songs. I hope that this added research puts pieces of the …
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