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Loud he sane the Psalm of David!4t.;.,."
Ile, a negro, tnul enslaved,
Sang of Israel's v4:tun•,
Sang of Zion, bright and free. 1871.
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And the voice of his devotion
Filled my soul with strange emotiod.
For its tones by turns were glad,
l 1883-4. Sweetly solemn,wildly sad.
. ei. W. LONGRELLOW4.
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t* 3F%e jubilee Singe1?s from RisF Silt'.
Snug, from the Sunny Seuth land,
songs from over the sea,
Songs from the louse "f h• telage,.
Songs of the glad and free,
They sang, those children of,orruw,
'Ilse children of dusky hue ;
Strange and wild were their :a•rents
I:ut their hcarn were .t arm and eve.
A1"wt they sang in triumph,
They .an, of the Jubilee,
\Viten brukcn is every fetter,
And the suns of men go free.
In the age of pence s„ g..1 inn
That the prophets Ihnve ecu so plain,
When men $hall be friend, an,l brothers,
And Christ himself shall reign.
0 Afrira, laud of shadow,
0 Africa, land of song,
Land of lung night's oppression,
Land of sorrow and wrong,
Thy echoes return unto thee,
Rearing on golden wing
The tidings of earths salvation, —
Tile sung that the angels sing.
O Songsters of liquid sweetness, _
Songsters of beauteous lay,
Sing on of the glad hereafter,
Sing of the blessed to -day;
Sing to the listening nations
The song so new anti old,
Till the echoes are caught by the angels
In the city whose streets are gold.
Pani• A. K. SP,'i\Crs, of Fisk .University..
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F I S K UNIVERSITY.
TI3IRTEL+ NTII S .SON_
Texas. In addition to her ability as a pianist, she
possesses a Soprano voice of rare quality. The suc-
ee.ss of Miss Itenclllcy during the past year as pianist,
warrants the management in continuing her services
during the present season.
The Company, as al present reorganized, will be
ableto fulfil the expectations of their friends and
patrons, and to maintain the reputation already won
by them through twelve seiccessful concert seasons in
Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and •
Princess of Germany. ••
The Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden.
Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.
The Grand Duke and Duchess (Princess Alice of
England) of Hesse.
Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of. Argyll.
His Excellent (the Marquis of. Lorne), the- Gov-
ernor General of�Canada. . °�
the United States,. Canada, (;rent Britain, Holland,
The Company as reorganized is sul,stantiall as
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heretofore, but materially strengthened, and
CONSISTS OF ELEVEN PERSONS,
;among whom are the old favorite voices :
MISS JENNIE JACKSON, S"Dean",
has been with the Company from file time of its or-
t anizatiun in 1571, and i, tun widely and fhlnral ly
known to need comment.
MISS M ATTI E L. LAW ;+ E I\$ C E
Soluano, commences her fourth season. She way
formerly a very successful teacher in \\'a.hiiegi in,
D.C. Iler health requiring a change, and being
possessed of an extraordinary voice, she joined the
Company in 1579, and soon won a ;,lace among the
must favored of the organization.
ti,i � ane,
MI .S PATTI MALONE, 1
left Fisk University to join the Singers in Germany,
and. with the exception of a few months, has 'wen
with them since that. lime.
MISS MILLIE E. SEALS, Si 'I
a graduate of the 11igher N,an.ctl class of Fisl. Uni-
versify, is a native of Tennessee, and enters uponuuu1
her second season with the `,fingers as one of theirsuccess
most valuable member,.•zo
MISS MACCIE E. WILSON,
of \\'ashington, U.('., juinc,l the Company in 1552, '
' he has a very (Jeep rich contralto voice, anti has
proved a most valuable ac,pti.sition,
MISS LAURA A. SCOTT con—continue
nut '
the st season
famili is the only s, as this
familiar to our patron;, as this is her lust ;canon with
us. She comes from Annaj,olis, \I11,, and possesses
a very musical voice.
M R . F., J. LOU D I N, Basso, 9111 season.
MR. B. W. THOMAS, }lasso, oras
with theCompany during tit it second l:un,l,c;in
campaign, ami the last three seasons in the United
States and Canada.
has a clear Tenor voice, and 0111 he remembered as
a member of the Company c ring the past four years.
MR. C. W. PAYNE possesses a rich,
high Baritone voice, :Ind has been with the organize-
tion since 1879.
MISS WILLEY Ao BENCHLEY,
Pianist, She was for several years a student in the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and has recently been
engaged in teaching among her people in I Iuuslon,
Germany, Austria anti Switzerland, as also to meet
the wants of the Christian public for a. highly moral
entertainment.
They established Fisk University, at Nashville,
Tenn., tiering the first eight years of thein o,r,aniza-
tion, ata cost of more than $150.000.
As a result of their concert we•rh (luring the past
three years, Churches, Young \den's C'ItrislIan Asan-
t si gins, Library', Temi,cra• cc, 'lis ionary, and other
oil.; tnizatiuns have realized over $45,Ooo.
'I'he•ir 1rugramtucs will contain many of the old
plantation melodies, whose pathetic strains. in the
language of 1)r. 1'uylur, "have opened the fountain
(,f t, ars." Among them will be found " Steal -Away
' 1•, Jesus," " I've been Redeemed," •' Bright Sparkles
i in the Churchyard," Go 'Dm n, \lows," I'm Rolling
the sigh an Unfriendly World, •' " Turn back Phar-
anh's Army," "Gospel Train," cue., etc., together
•with man new ones recent) adhered in the
y ) 1 • upis
South.
Perhaps 0o Inure difficult task has attended the
labors of the Fisk Jubilee Sinreot than that of enab-
ling the public to distinguish between them and the
1 115 rumpanies who have been tempted by their
lu take their Hanle ; in son e instances going
far as In use their individual photographs and
.n:cues. We appeal to our friends throughout the.
c 'unh•y to assist us in maintaining 00r identity.
\ir..l lenry Cushing has In -In (luting the past four
year, Business Agent for the Company. Ile will
advance, as Rosiness Manager in annce, :Ind will he
lea -ed to call in on all responsible nrtics
1 person1 ' 1'
who desire to contract for the services of the Com•
p1ny.
Address all communications to
H. C. L(11J1>IN ,
Col., tiec. l'isl; Jubilee Singers, Ravenna, Ohio.
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PATRONS OF THE FISK JUBILEE
SINGERS. -
During the past eleven years it has been the high
privilege of the Company to appear and sing before
the following nrs•rlxcu iSIII,:n PERSONS :
I its 1•;xtellancy, U. S. Grant, President of the U.S.
i its 1•:xcellency, President Rutherford B. Hayes.
I lis Excellency, President James A. Garfield.
Ilis Exct:llency,C.A. Arthur, President of the U.S.
I ler MajestyVictoria, Queen of Great Britain.
Their imperial Majesties, the Emperor and Em-
press of Germany.
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THE SLAVE MUSIC 'OF THE SOUTH. •
J3\' RF,V. GEORGE I•i. GRiFFI.N, MITFORD, CT.
If ever the real genius for music seems to' have' .
been born in the soul of an entire race, that race is
the African. Explorers of the dark continent speak..
of a marked musical taste'amongthe negroes on their
native heath, but the American. type of African is• .
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still more larged} developed in that direction,
Some of the European races are naturally full of . -
song, but in them the culture of music:as a science is
also illustrated. , .
The light and pleasing melodies of Italian operas
or the grand and sonorous chords of German sym-
phonies and sonatas show the results of a high degree
of musical education.'
But in searching for that indefinable entity which
sometimes called' the "soul of music " or,in other.
words, that kind of music which finds�a -rsponsive
thrill in every human breast, because.it speaks. most '.
clearly the language of man's 'best impulses. and .
tenderest feelings, it seems to the writer that the,
slave songs of the south meet the •demand' more •
nearly than any of er style of musical expression.
These children of bondage. knew nothin,g,of the.._..
methods tifthe'sc"liuols,`yet in the harmonious blend-
ing and balancing of the four parts, their vocalization
is seldom equalled, ,while their skill. in translating
heart-throbs into the descriptive language of the
diatonic scale is rarely surpassed.
No exhaustive analysis Of the slave music is here
attempted.
It is however.a ver rich mine to explore. Suffice
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to indicate its principal features, namely these among
others : great simplicity, but richness in the harmony,
coupled with much variety and originality of melody.
Many of the "resolutions " of chords are abrupt and .
startling, some of them doubtless contrary to the
principles of " thorough bass," but all the more ex-
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passive on that account .of the tough and rugged ex-
perienceswhich gave them birth. While the tempo
ofthese songs is largely common, or four-four, there
are strange points of emphasis put upon syllables and
unexpected Cadences in rhythm,
p y , which are well nigh•
unreducible to musical notation. •
The ad libilum passages are .numerous, and the
musical intervals often abnormal, as in rapid Changes
from major to minor, and conversely, like "Roll,'.
Jordan, Roll;" also in the use of a minor third while "
singing on a major key, as in " Run to Jesus." Their'
general style is recitative and chorus, though a few
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