Negro Folk-Songs

Authentic record of traditional plantation songs sung by students at Virginia’s Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, brilliantly compiled and notated. 19 transcriptions of spirituals, work-songs and play-songs, each scored for male quartet with piano reduction of vocal parts, from “Go Down, Moses” to “Cott’n-pickin’ song.” Also includes discussions of social context of the times. [6 1/2 x 9 1/4, 176 pp.]