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The Norton anthology of African American literature audio companion [sound disc] / [edited by Robert G. O'Meally]

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicSpoken language: English Publication details: [New York] : Norton, c1996.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0393101274
Other title:
  • Anthology of African American literature audio companion
  • Audio companion
Uniform titles:
  • Norton anthology of African American literature.
Subject(s):
Contents:
Go down, Moses / trad. (Paul Robeson) (2:20) -- Been in the storm so long / trad.; arr. Work (Fisk Jubilee Singers) (2:06) -- Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? / trad.; arr. Miller (Howard Roberts Chorale/Alvin Ailey) (1:47) -- Steal away to Jesus / trad. (Bernice Johnson Reagon) (3:41) -- Soon I will be done / trad. (Mahalia Jackson) (4:19) -- Take my hand, precious Lord / Dorsey (Clara Ward) (2:39) -- Rosie / trad. (Inmates of the Parchman Farm Penitentiary) (2:50) -- Another man done gone / trad. (Vera Hall) (1:20) --
(cont.) John Henry / trad.; arr. McGhee and Terry (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) (4:45) -- You may go but this will bring you back / trad. (Zora Neale Hurston) (1:46) -- Good morning blues / Ledbetter (Leadbelly Ledbetter) (2:55) -- See, see rider / trad. (Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong) (3:16) -- Backwater blues / Smith (Bessie Smith) (3: 17) -- Sunnyland / James (Elmore James) (2:20) -- How long blues / trad. ; arr. Wilkins (Joe Turner) (5:43) -- What did I do to be so black and blue? / Waller, Brooks, Razaf (Louis Armstrong) (3:07) --
(cont.) It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing / Ellington (Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson) (3:04) -- Parker's mood / Parker, Pleasure (King Pleasure) (2:56) -- The message / Glover ... [et al.] (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five) (7:11) -- I have a dream / King (Martin Luther King) (5:10) -- The ballot or the bullet / Malcolm X (Malcolm X) (5:45).
Various performers.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Music & Sound Recordings Music & Sound Recordings Nash Library Music Pocket Library Vinyl & CD Carts CD CD 97 1 Available 33710000758511

Companion book in General Collection: PS508.N3N67 1997

Compact disc.

Spirituals, work songs and ballads, blues and jazz, rap, and speech excerpts.

Includes selections from The Norton anthology of African American music / Henry Louis Gates and Nellie Y. McKay, general editors.

Accompanying text: PS508.N3N67 1997.

Various performers.

Recorded 1925-1982 in various locations.

Program notes by Robert G. O'Meally and discographical information on container insert.

Go down, Moses / trad. (Paul Robeson) (2:20) -- Been in the storm so long / trad.; arr. Work (Fisk Jubilee Singers) (2:06) -- Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? / trad.; arr. Miller (Howard Roberts Chorale/Alvin Ailey) (1:47) -- Steal away to Jesus / trad. (Bernice Johnson Reagon) (3:41) -- Soon I will be done / trad. (Mahalia Jackson) (4:19) -- Take my hand, precious Lord / Dorsey (Clara Ward) (2:39) -- Rosie / trad. (Inmates of the Parchman Farm Penitentiary) (2:50) -- Another man done gone / trad. (Vera Hall) (1:20) --

(cont.) John Henry / trad.; arr. McGhee and Terry (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) (4:45) -- You may go but this will bring you back / trad. (Zora Neale Hurston) (1:46) -- Good morning blues / Ledbetter (Leadbelly Ledbetter) (2:55) -- See, see rider / trad. (Ma Rainey, Louis Armstrong) (3:16) -- Backwater blues / Smith (Bessie Smith) (3: 17) -- Sunnyland / James (Elmore James) (2:20) -- How long blues / trad. ; arr. Wilkins (Joe Turner) (5:43) -- What did I do to be so black and blue? / Waller, Brooks, Razaf (Louis Armstrong) (3:07) --

(cont.) It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing / Ellington (Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson) (3:04) -- Parker's mood / Parker, Pleasure (King Pleasure) (2:56) -- The message / Glover ... [et al.] (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five) (7:11) -- I have a dream / King (Martin Luther King) (5:10) -- The ballot or the bullet / Malcolm X (Malcolm X) (5:45).

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