A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies (Taylor, Marshall William)

First Publication 1882
Genre Categories Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; [8 more...]Sacred songs; Songs; Spirituals; Folksongs; For voices; Scores featuring the voice; For unaccompanied voices; English language

Sheet Music

Scores

Editor Marshall William Taylor
Josephine Robinson
Amelia C. Taylor
Hettie G. Taylor
Publisher. Info. Cincinnati: Marshall W. Taylor and W. C. Echols, 1882.
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Editor Marshall William Taylor
Josephine Robinson
Amelia C. Taylor
Hettie G. Taylor
Publisher. Info. Cincinnati: Marshall W. Taylor and W. C. Echols, 1883.
Copyright
Public Domain
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Editor Marshall William Taylor
Josephine Robinson
Amelia C. Taylor
Hettie G. Taylor
Publisher. Info. Cincinnati: Cranston and Stowe, 1890.
Copyright
Public Domain
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General Information

Work Title Plantation Melodies
Alternative. Title A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies by Marshall W. Taylor, D.D. Musical composition by Miss Josephine Robinson. Copied by Miss Amelia C. and Hettie G. Taylor.
Composer Taylor, Marshall William
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1882
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices

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The musicologist George Pullen Jackson declared this collection “the worst” of all early publications of black religious folksongs -

“its tunes are uniformly the most bafflingly illiterate strings of notes on record.”


It is true that almost all the songs in the book require some adjustment to make the words fit.

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