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Ev'ry time I feel the spirit : 101 best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American church / [compiled and with commentary by] Gwendolin Sims Warren

The Negro spirituals : plantation songs and jubilee songs, 1600-1870 -- The gospel songs : gospel hymns, historical gospel, and traditional songs, songs of Tindley, Dorsey, Campbell, and others, ...
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Sing them over again to me : hymns and hymnbooks in America / edited by Mark A. Noll and Edith L. Blumhofer

The history in a hymn -- Hymns and hymnbooks as cultural icons -- Understanding the classical era of American Protestantism through hymns The history in a hymn. "Amazing grace" : the history of a hymn ...
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‘Dean of African American church music’ James Abbington dies at 65 after Duke appointment

(RNS) — W. James Abbington Jr., an expert on Black religious music known for his editing, teaching and playing of congregational music, has died at the age of 65. GIA Publications, for whom he worked ...
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South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...