Negro Spirituals

A human who came from the coast of West Africa came to the New World as a slave. Deprived of all familiar things, they bring their traditional way of using music to record historical events, expressions and associates. When working in a Virginia tobacco field, slaves were not allowed to talk to each other. So they adopted their African tradition. They sing. Today these lyrics cross the wall and are sung as spirits in many churches throughout the United States. However, songs such as Ward in the Water, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Follow the Drink Going, etc. have been used as important tools for the survival of pre-war slaves.

These songs were influenced by the traditions of Africa and religion, and later became the basis of the so-called "black spirit". Colonel Thomas W. Higginson of the 54th Massachusetts army confessed the word Black Spirit at the Atlantic monthly magazine (June 1867). Higginson has heard of these songs with camping parades and colored soldiers 3 The prohibited campaign to help the 3 previous slaves sail in the gray area between slavery and freedom I sing. When Charlotte Jenkins first came to the condominium house hospital, a squad in a camp was sang "Gilead had a balm". Traditional black spirit, Gilead's perfumes are interpreted as psychiatry that can cure sinners

Black spiritual spiritual, religious folk songs from the United States, especially related to the Protestant of African American in the south of the United States. The spirit of African-Americans is characterized by split sound, multi-synchronous, five full-tone pentatonic scales. Spirit is actually the most characteristic product of American racial genius. - Between 1910 and 1920 thousands of African Americans moved from the south to the north. The problem of slavery in the south and discrimination against blacks was very intense. As a result, they moved north and most of them moved to the Harlem district of New York City. This great immigration is the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance

Spirituality (or black spirit) is usually a Christian song created by African-Americans. Spirituality was a tradition of words that originally taught Christian values ​​and also talked about suffering of slavery. Spiritual music was originally a monophonic (same) song with no accompaniment, but today it is best known for harmonious choral arrangements. This unique long-established American song is now considered a unique type of music. The word "spirit" comes from the "spiritual spirit" of "singing with spirit, spirit, spiritual songs, singing in mind, making melodies". "The American slave song is the first major collection of black spirits published in 1867.