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For the Teacher's Library, August 1, 2007
This review is from: Way Over in Beulah Lan': Understanding and Performing the Negro Spiritual (Paperback)
The bios of famous spiritual arrangers alone are worth the price of the book. The rest of this information is uesful, too, and it's great to have it all in one volume.
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Excellent resoursce on a misunderstood topic, July 26, 2008
This review is from: Way Over in Beulah Lan': Understanding and Performing the Negro Spiritual (Paperback)
Way over in Beulah Lan', by Andre' Thomas, is a resource any aspiring music educator should have in their arsenal. Full of documentation and historical evaluation of the effect and source of the spritual, Dr. Thomas delves into his own experience, both positive and negative, to give an accurate account of the history of the spritual as well as its development.
Easy to read and understand the tome goes beyond the pedantic to illustrate false comprehension of dialect and performance faults.
Wonderful for both it historical and performance enhancing efforts, "Way over in Beulah Lan'" should be added to every music directors library.
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