Slave songs of the Georgia Sea islands,
by Lydia Parrish. Music transcribed by Creighton Churchill and Robert MacGimsey. Introd. by Olin Downes. Foreword by Bruce Jackson.

Description

Related Names

Parrish, Lydia, 1871-1953.
MacGimsey, Robert, 1898-1979.
Churchill, Creighton.

Language(s)

English

Published

Hatboro, Pa., Folklore Associates, 1965 [c1942]

Subjects

Islands > Islands / Georgia.
Slaves > Slaves / Georgia.
Work songs > Work songs / Georgia.
Spirituals (Songs) > Spirituals (Songs) / Georgia.
Folk songs, English > Folk songs, English / Georgia.
Folk music > Folk music / Georgia.
African Americans > African Americans / Georgia > African Americans / Georgia / Music

Note

Includes words and music (melodies unaccompanied) of 60 songs.
Reprint of the 1942 ed., with a new foreword.

Physical Description

xi, xxiii, 256 p. illus., map, ports. 29 cm.

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