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

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.

• | By (Author): Dena J. Epstein
• | Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 12, 2003
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 464 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0252071506
• | ISBN-13: 9780252071508