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1) Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942

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Blues Hall of Fame Inductee-Named a "Classic of Blues Literature" by the Blues Foundation, 2019 This remarkable book recovers three invaluable perspectives, long thought to have been lost, on the culture and music of the Mississippi Delta. In 1941 and '42 African American scholars from Fisk University-among them the noted composer and musicologist John W. Work, sociologist Lewis Wade Jones, and graduate student Samuel C. Adams Jr.-joined folklorist...

2) American Negro Songs: 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular

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Work, John W

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This historical and critical survey discusses the lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Steal Away to Jesus, and others. In addition, the words and music for 230 songs appear, including You May Bury Me in the East, Rock of Ages, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and many more.