General Notes, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Wounds, homesickness, and reaction to-- so many generations Of'suppression, sang the legend of the black man to tunes and harmonies they made Up as they went along. In this book he has presented, with, a running and picturesque description of the way in which he gathered them, the words and tunes of the best of these songs. None of them are war-songs in the ordinary sense, although many of them embody the humours, discomforts, trivialities, and tragedies of war. But the negro's was a folk inspiration, not a national one, and it was the haunting and humble mood of the Spirituals which he expressed and never the fighting impulse. What Lieutenant Niles describes as his ability to dramatize trivial situations is everywhere apparent, as is his familiar emotional simplicity. The melodic charm of many of these songs is equal both in its strength and pathos to the best of the Spirituals, and on that account alone this is a valuable compilation. But Lieutenant Niles has set them in a narrative which, 'with Miss Williamson's sketches, enables us to visualize the negro singer and realize both thespirit in which he sang and the affecting quality of his vocalization.

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