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Header image: from "The African Roots and Origins of Gospel Music," WTTW
Music Score
Music Score
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Audio Sample
Featured Speaker
Featured Speaker
CHORUS
SOLOIST
Reference
Reference
FR 79: Oedipus (Exodus, speaking on stage to Creon)
DISCOVER
DISCOVER
"INVOCATION"
"INVOCATION"
The start of a prayer, usually in words such as “In the name of the Father”
The summoning of the divine by the suppliants: OEDIPUS enters in the next scene
"LIVE WHERE YOU CAN:" the Middle Passage & the Great Migration
"LIVE WHERE YOU CAN:" the Middle Passage & the Great Migration
See this clip (start at 4'10'') from WTTW's Gospel documentary on the music's roots in the transatlantic slave trade.
The Middle Passage
See above video on the history aboard a slave ship. More on the Music and Song in the journey.
Sonia Sanchez: Middle Passage
Sonia Sanchez performs her poem "Middle Passage" accompanied by guitarist Gerry De Mol
The Great Migration
Learn more on the history Great Migration from Mississippi to Chicago
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