Black American Choral Song: The Evolution of the Spiritual, programs
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1984 February 3-4
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content: Box 13, Folder 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: The concert and colloquium was held February 3-4, 1984, at the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. The program was created to highlight the songs of the African American worship tradition known as spirituals. These unique songs, deeply rooted in the tradition of African choral songs, play a significant role in African American worship. Program events illustrated the evolution of the spiritual from styles of black congregational singing, to compositions reflecting the influences of European choral music. The program was organized by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, director of the Program in Black Culture (later known as the Program in African American Culture). Panelists included Sterling Stuckey, Bernice Reagon Johnson, Evelyn Davidson White, Nathan Carter, Rebecca T. Cureau with a master classes led by composers Eva Jessye and William L. Dawson. There was a song service led by leaders from the Mt. Early Baptist Church and Antioch Baptist Church both from ALbany, Geogia. Program  rogram number AC408.23.