The Forgotten Giant of American Music
The Father of the Spirituals
Friends & Associates
Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/aidasbrothers.html
Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/anderson/
Still Going On Celebrating: The Life and Times of William Grant Still
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sgo/start.html
AfriClassical.com: African Heritage in Classical
Music
www.africalassical.com
Music Links
blackhistoryentertainment.com - This site features the work of Charles Kennedy, Jr. It includes a new CD - Tribute I, honoring Harry T. Burleigh with a fresh,new approach. Charles is a singer and actor, presenting MusicDramas™ about the life and work of Burleigh. He also does presentations on the Quiet Heroes™ of the Underground Railroad.
http://www.spiritualsproject.org/index.html - The Spirituals Project is a broad based initiative to explore the many, varied dimensions of African American spirituals as art form, tradition and tool; and to invite all people to experience the joy and power of this dynamic music and gift from African Americans to the world.
http://www.afrovoices.com/index.html - focuses on African American performers and composers and on the vocal music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and Negro spirituals composed for concert performance.
The African
American Art Song Alliance
http://www.uni.edu/taylord/alliance.html
Founded in 1997, this is the home of interchange between performers and
scholars interested in art song by African-American composers. Here you
will find information and links to assist with your discovery of our
contribution to song.
http://www.negrospirituals.com/
a French site (in English) that offers an overview of Spirituals.
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