Ev'ry time I feel the spirit : 101 best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American church /

Ev'ry time I feel the spirit : 101 best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American church / Every time I feel the spirit [compiled and with commentary by] Gwendolin Sims Warren. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1997. - 1 close score (x, 370 p.) ; 25 cm.

Each song/hymn followed by commentary. Some presented as unacc. melodies; some with acc. and/or chord symbols.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-361) and index.

The Negro spirituals : plantation songs and jubilee songs, 1600-1870 -- The gospel songs : gospel hymns, historical gospel, and traditional songs, songs of Tindley, Dorsey, Campbell, and others, 1870-1960 -- The Euro-American hymns : hymns of Watts, Wesley, Crosby, and others, 1600-1950 -- Contemporary gospel songs : songs of Crouch, Hawkins, Smallwood, Franklin, and others, 1960-present.

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Hymns, English.
Spirituals (Songs)
Gospel music.
African Americans--Music.
Hymn tunes.
Hymn writers.
African American churches--History and criticism.--Hymns

M 1670 / .W371 1997