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Water and the Spirit: Exploring Spirituals and Gospel Music

Friday, November 12, 2010
7:00 PM

Kenneth Gayle, Tenor
Rodney Waters, Piano
Sheldon Nunn, Lecturer
Presented by Divas World Productions

Although numerous elements of spirituals can be traced to African sources, African-American spirituals are a musical form that is indigenous and specific to the religious experience of Africans in the United States and their descendants. They are a result of the interaction of music and religion from Africa with music and religion of European origin.  This Song Salon will trace the lineage from the very specific African-American experience of the traditional spiritual to the more universal world of modern gospel.  

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  • Rothko Chapel

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