The Dett Collection of Negro Spirituals (Dett, Robert Nathaniel)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 28 spirituals
First Publication 1936
Genre Categories Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; Spirituals; For 4 voices, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the piano; For mixed chorus, piano; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For chorus with keyboard; For mixed chorus, organ; Scores featuring the organ; English language

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Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. The H. & M. Auditorium Series No.13
Chicago: Hall & McCreary Company, 1936.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes 750 dpi, monochrome. Dimensions of original octavo are 6" by 9".
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Work Title The Dett Collection of Negro Spirituals
Alternative. Title Originals, Settings, Anthems and Motets
Composer Dett, Robert Nathaniel
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's First group — 28 spirituals:
  1. O, I Got a Light
  2. Deep River
  3. Balm in Gilead
  4. Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door
  5. Daniel Saw the Stone
  6. Steal Away
  7. There’s a Meeting Here Tonight
  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  9. I Hope My Mother Will Be There
  10. Give Me Your Hand
  11. Go Down, Moses
  12. Shine Along
  13. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
  14. My Brother, I Do Wonder
  15. Don’t Call the Roll, John
  16. Sweetest Sound I Ever Heard
  17. Keep Me from Sinking Down
  18. Poor Mourner’s Got a Home
  19. Mary and Martha
  20. I’ve Done What You Told Me to Do
  21. Go, Tell It on the Mountain
  22. Rise and Shine
  23. My Way’s Cloudy
  24. I Know the Lord’s Laid His Hands on Me
  25. I Want to Be Ready
  26. Room Enough
  27. Many Thousand Gone
  28. Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
First Publication. 1936
Language English
Dedication Dedicated to my mother
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Jazz
Instrumentation 4 voices (SATB), piano (or organ)
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