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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War

Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War (Music in American Life)

Penned By Dena J. Epstein
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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War

Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War (Music in American Life)

Penned By Dena J. Epstein
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Awarded both the Chicago Folklore Prize and the Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Association From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited worksongs and "shouts" of freedmen, in Sinful Tunes and Spirituals Dena J. Epstein traces the course of early black folk music in all its guises. This classic work is being reissued with a new author's preface on the silver anniversary of its original publication.

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Dena J. Epstein is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Dena J. Epstein can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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