A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals - Felicia Raphael Marie Barber

A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals

History, Context, and Linguistics
Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3536-5 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics investigates the use of the African American English (AAE) dialect in the musical genre of the spiritual. Perfect for conductors and performers alike, this book traces the history of the dialect, its use in early performance practice, and the sociolinguistic impact of the AAE dialect in the United States. Felicia Barber explores AAE’s development during the African Diaspora and its correlations with Southern States White English (SSWE) and examines the dialect’s perception and how its weaponization has impacted the performance of the genre itself. She provides a synopsis of research on the use of dialect in spirituals from the past century through the analysis of written scores, recordings, and research. She identifies common elements of early performance practice and provides the phonological and grammatical features identified in early practice. This book contains practical guide for application of her findings on ten popular spiritual texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It concludes with insights by leading arrangers on their use of AAE dialect as a part of the genre and practice.

Felicia Raphael Marie Barber is director of choral activities at Westfield State University.

Contents

Preface: An Introduction in Purpose

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Dr. Andre Thomas

Definitions

List of Figures

List of Tables

Chapter 1Sociolinguistics: It is a Matter of Perception

Chapter 2Acquisition of Languages Established as a Result of the African Diaspora

Chapter 3Establishing Performance Practice Part I: Researchers

Chapter 4Establishing Performance Practice Part II: Dialect Employed in the Text

Chapter 5Establishing Performance Practice Part III: Aural History – Transcriptions of Early Sound Recordings

Chapter 6Trace History of Dialect in Four Specific Scores

Chapter 7Research Findings Regarding Use of AAE Dialect in Spirituals: A Practical Application

Chapter 8Moving Forward: Insight from Modern Arrangers and Next Steps

Bibliography

Appendices

About the Author

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Andre J. Thomas
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 232 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Klassik / Oper / Musical
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-7936-3536-6 / 1793635366
ISBN-13 978-1-7936-3536-5 / 9781793635365
Zustand Neuware
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