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There breathes a hope : the legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916.

Title
There breathes a hope : the legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916.
Author
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Publication
Champaign, IL : Archeophone Records, [2010], ℗2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925
  • Seroff, Doug.
  • Brooks, Tim.
  • Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.
  • Wright, Jerome I.
Description
2 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Series Statement
Pioneers series
Uniform Title
Pioneers series.
Alternative Title
Legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916
Subjects
Note
  • Recorded 1909-1916.
  • Compact disc.
  • Accompaning booklet contains foreword by Richard Martin, Meagan Hennessey, and Ken Flaherty, Jr., prologue, features, and recording notes by Tim Brooks, historical essay: The Fisk University Jubilee Quartet with John Work II : "Singing of the old tunes, in the old fashioned way," by Doug Seroff, poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and a 1983 interview with Jerome I. Wright by Doug Seroff.
Contents
CD 1. "I guess you\u0027ve heard of Professor John Work-- " (0:56) -- I couldn\u0027t hear nobody pray (2:43) -- Old black Joe (3:27) -- Roll Jordan roll (2:37) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (2:52) -- There is a balm in Gilead (2:21) -- When Malindy sings (3:37) -- Golden slippers (2:37) -- Little David play on yo\u0027 harp / Shout all over God\u0027s heaven (2:44) -- The great campmeeting (2:34) -- "He had one of the sweetest tenor voices-- " (0:28) -- Po\u0027 Mo\u0027ner got a home at last (2:58) -- In bright mansions above (2:51) -- My soul is a witness (2:46) -- Done what you told me to do (3:03) -- I know the Lord laid His hands on me (2:29) -- Band of Gideon (2:55) -- In the morning (2:15) -- The ole ark / Brethren rise, shine (2:51) -- Good news / Wasn\u0027t that a wide river (3:10) -- "We made it sound like a pipe organ-- " (0:33) -- Crossing the bar (3:21) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (4:34) -- All over this world (3:27) -- Shout all over God\u0027s heaven / Little David (3:55) -- CD 2. My soul is a witness (3:47) -- Roll Jordan roll (3:39) -- The band of Gideon (3:45) -- The great campmeeting (3:03) -- Peter on the sea / The ole ark (3:11) -- Banjo song (2:41) -- "Jubilee Hall up there is called \u0027frozen music\u0027-- " (0:13) -- Shout all over God\u0027s heaven (2:25) -- There is a light shining for me (3:10) -- Couldn\u0027t hear nobody pray (3:00) -- Steal away to Jesus (2:49) -- River of Jordan (2:39) -- Little David play on your harp (2:20) -- "See, we sang \u0027spirituals,\u0027 interpreted them as the slaves did-- " (0:28) -- The old tunes (2:26) -- O Mary, don\u0027t you weep, don\u0027t you mourn (2:38) -- In that great gettin\u0027 up mawnin\u0027 (2:23) -- Brethren rise! (2:24) -- Good news, the chariot\u0027s coming (2:56) -- The great camp meeting (2:47) -- Swing low, sweet chariot (3:17) -- "These students are far removed from what we were-- " (0:19) -- I couldn\u0027t hear nobody pray (2:55) -- Shout all over God\u0027s heaven / Little David (3:29).
OCLC
  • ocn690559572
  • 690559572
  • SCSB-5564503
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries