AAS 265 - Spiritual and Gospel Music

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: SEM A study of spiritual and gospel which constitutes the musical ensemble that deals with ways African slaves in America coped with hardships of slavery by expressing their dreams and hopes to be free. This was accomplished by using topics involving Biblical characters, folk songs from Africa, the slave American experience. Explores ways in which this tradition of music has been integrated into general American folk traditions of song and dance, well beyond the slave plantations where they originated.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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