Spirituals with Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward

Spirituals with Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward

produced by Harold Courlander, 1908-1996 (Folkways Records, 1953), 21 mins

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Field of Interest
World Music
Description
Alabama farm worker Dock Reed and his cousin Vera Hall Ward were both recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress. Dock, by all accounts, was a deeply religious man who never sang secular music, while Vera was known to perform a few of these "sinful" songs.
Content Type
Music recording
Duration
21 mins
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Negro Spiritual
Label
Folkways Records
Producer
Harold Courlander, 1908-1996
Release Date
1953
Subject
World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá

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