Afro-American Folksongs : a Study in Racial And National Music
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How is this for a linguistic discovery? The music is almost precisely like the American river music — a chant, almost a recitative, until the end of the line is reached: then for your mocking music!
There is a hint of an African relic in the allusion to the recitative-like character of the feasting song, as we shall see when we come to inquire into the structure of African music.
For a description of the voodoo rites I draw, by per- mission, upon Mr. George W. Cable's article... on "Creole Slave Songs," which appeared in "The Century Magazine"^ for April, 1886: The dance and song entered into the negro worship. That worship was as dark and horrid as bestialized savagely could make the adoration of serpents..
So revolting was it, and so morally hideous, that even in the West Indian French possessions a hundred years ago, with the slave trade in full blast, and the West Indian planter and slave what they were, the orgies of the voudoos.
were forbidden.
The Aradas, St. Mery tells us, introduced them from their homes beyond the Slave Coast, one of the most dreadfulljr benighted regions of all Africa.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Go on! go on! etc.
How is this for a linguistic discovery? The music is almost precisely like the American river music — a chant, almost a recitative, until the end of the line is reached: then for your mocking music!
There is a hint of an African relic in the allusion to the recitative-like character of the feasting song, as we shall see when we come to inquire into the structure of African music.
For a description of the voodoo rites I draw, by per- mission, upon Mr. George W. Cable's article... on "Creole Slave Songs," which appeared in "The Century Magazine"^ for April, 1886: The dance and song entered into the negro worship. That worship was as dark and horrid as bestialized savagely could make the adoration of serpents..
So revolting was it, and so morally hideous, that even in the West Indian French possessions a hundred years ago, with the slave trade in full blast, and the West Indian planter and slave what they were, the orgies of the voudoos.
were forbidden.
The Aradas, St. Mery tells us, introduced them from their homes beyond the Slave Coast, one of the most dreadfulljr benighted regions of all Africa.
What to read after Afro-American Folksongs : a Study in Racial And National Music?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Krehbiel Henry Edward to read onlineMoreLess
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