| Description | Recording of examples of polyphonic and choral music sung by Black people in the south of the USA.
CD 1 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec) 3.46 Previous recording: talk about cod fishing, fish farming etc.
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 3.07 Description of track: Polyphony by the Sacred Harp movement in Tennessee
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.15 Description of track: Spirituals from Misissippi
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 4.17 Description of track: Choral singing by Black and white people
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.41 Description of track: Different use of an accompanying instrument
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: Blind Sonny Terry Playing the harmonica
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.29 Description of track: Folk song from prisoners felling a tree
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.22 Description of track: Ditto
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.59 Description of track: A Black ploughman sings
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: Work songs: origins of the Blues
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.19 Description of track: A good work song leader
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.00 Description of track: Vocal polyphony
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.37 Description of track: A 'levee camp holler' by 'Bamma'.
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 1.43 Description of track: 'Bamma's story.
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.09 Description of track: Conclusion with song.
Total duration: (min/sec): 36.34
CD 2 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec) 0.18
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.45 Description of track: - Chorus of the Pentecostal church, Memphis
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.47 Description of track: Vera Hall Spiritual song: 'Trouble so hard'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.45 Description of track: - Song from the Sea Islands, Georgia
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.23 Description of track: - Song about Moses from Mississippi
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.35 Description of track: - A different song about Moses
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.41 Description of track: - Religious dance about Moses, from the Sea Islands
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 2.13 Description of track: Bessie Jones Song about the turtle dove
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 2.53 Description of track: - 'Throw me anywhere Lord in that old field'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: - 'The judgement bar'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.06 Description of track: - Song about motherless children, with guitar
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: - Religious song
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: - A 'Doctor Watts' style hymn
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 2.44 Description of track: - The minister sings
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.04 Description of track: - Song showing European influence
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 2.14 Description of track: - Bible songs from a specific Pentecostal congregation
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 4.55 Description of track: - Young singers from Norfolk,
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 0.15 Description of track: Silence
Total duration: (min/sec): Duration (min/sec): 36.35 |