The New Grove Gospel, Blues and Jazz
Subtitle: With Spirituals and Ragtime (The New Grove Series)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780393303575
First sentence: Of all the bodies of folksong that have survived in America to the present century spirituals are probably the most extensive; they are certainly, in one form or another, the best known.