- Hardcover: 251 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press; New ed of Revised ed (1881) edition (April 1981)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0837114241
- ISBN-13: 978-0837114248
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
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My most treasured book of music, Jan 28 2001
By "geoff_grainger" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Story of the Jubilee Singers: With Their Songs (Hardcover)
This book is the oldest song book in my collection and one of pride and joy. Although it was printed in 1876 it is still in very good condition and I dip it often. It gives a vivid description of the original Jubilee Singers and their struggles to get established. It seems that they were the media event of their day. There is also detailed, if somewhat potted, biographies of these freed slaves and it makes depressing reading even today.There is also an article on the "Freedmen's Missions Aid Society" of which The Earl of Shafttesbury was president. I would like to quote from the book:
"According to Dr Livingstone, Sir Bartle Frere, and other distinguished authorities, not less than 1,000.000 of Ethiopia's wretched children are stolen every year out of their country for the slavemarts of the world. That such a crime is permitted, in this nineteenth century, for a single year, is a burning shame to the civilised nations. Surely, England and America should sound forth their reprobation throughout the world as through a brazen trumpet! Doing less, we can hardly vindicate our common Christianity before the world, much less before high Heaven." As this twentieth century has drawn to a close it seems that we have made little progress since the Jubilee singers made their mark in the world.
For the practical musician, this book is a treasure trove. For example, "Go down, Moses" has 25 verses against the mere three or four given in most modern books!
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