Great Day: Negro Spirituals as Sung and Directed by J.T. Jones

  • Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc, 1961
By Joseph T. Jones; B.D. Roberts [illus.]
Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc, 1961. Near Fine. Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc., 1961. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's yellow pictorial card wrappers; 32pp.; illus. Very light rubbing to edges; binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.

Collection of spirituals collected by the Sunday School missionary who traveled to thirteen Southern states in his career, deepening his appreciation of Black folk music. Contents include "Roll, Jordan," "When I Lay My Burden Down," and "Study War No More," as well as many others, all prefaced by Jones' history of the art form from its beginnings in 1619.

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