Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
by Andrew Ward
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Author: Andrew WardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-07-01
ISBN: 0060934824
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Amistad
Book Reviews of Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Book Review: Fascinating look at early gospel choral music
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a Lutheran Church librarian in Florida who bought this book for our church library. This is a detailed fascinating look at the foundation of Fisk University and how its Jubilee Singers raised money for their college at a cost of superhuman personal dedication and hardship. If only we had recordings of this group! The beauty of their music made grown men weep!
Those who are interested in choral singing, in the post-Civil War era, or in the development of traditionally-black universities will find much to enjoy in this book. It so well expresses the era in which the Jubilee Singers sang, the racism they stood against, the effects of their singing on audiences, personality conflicts within the group, how they even sang on street corners for spare change, toured in Europe, performed for heads of state and monarchs, etc. Just a neat book that evokes the time about which it was written in so many ways.
Summary of Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Setting out initially to raise money for their university, the Fisk Jubilee Singers -- a troupe of young ex-slaves and freedmen -- ended up changing the face of American music. Despite their venues of small-town churches and train stations, and the hardships of poverty and racism, the Jubilee Singers eventually became a popular vocal group whose admirers included Ulysses S. Grant and Queen Victoria.
Recounted here for the first time is the career of the Jubilee Singers, which followed one of the most remarkable progressions in American history: from whipping post and auction block to concert hall and throne room.
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