There breathes a hope the legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916.

Table of Contents: “…"We made it sound like a pipe organ -- "…”

There breathes a hope : the legacy of John Work II and his Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916.

Table of Contents: “….' -- Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Last -- In Bright Mansions Above -- My Soul Is a Witness -- Done What You Told Me to Do -- I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me -- Band of Gideon -- In the Morning -- The Ole Ark/Brethren Rise, Shine -- Good News/Wasn't That a Wide River -- 'We made it sound like a pipe organ ...' -- Crossing the Bar -- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot -- All Over This World -- Shout All Over God's Heaven/Little David -- My Soul Is a Witness -- Roll Jordan Roll -- The Band of Gideon -- The Great Campmeeting -- Peter on the Sea/The Ole Ark -- Banjo Song -- 'Jubilee Hall up there is called 'frozen music' ...' -- Shout All Over God's Heaven -- There Is a Light Shining for Me -- Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray -- Steal Away to Jesus -- River of Jordan -- Little David Play on Your Harp -- 'See, we sang 'spirituals'-interpreted them as the slaves did ...' -- The Old Tunes -- O Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn -- In That Great Gettin' Up Mawnin' -- Brethren Rise! …”
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