Cernošské spirituály [Black Spirituals]
Title
Cernošské spirituály [Black Spirituals]
Subject
Black Literature in the Soviet Union
Description
The book consists of ten spirituals, with English and Czech lyrics and chords for guitar. Following the Communist coup in 1948, interest in Black spirituals as songs of liberation grew in Czechoslovakia, and this book of music for guitar and voice reflects that development.
Creator
Jiří Joran, translator
Josef Mellan, editor
Jiří Rathousky, illustrator
Josef Mellan, editor
Jiří Rathousky, illustrator
Publisher
Prague: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění [State Publishing House of Fine Literature, Music and Art]
Date
1956
Language
Czech
Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
Jiří Joran, translator
Josef Mellan, editor
Jiří Rathousky, illustrator, “Cernošské spirituály [Black Spirituals],” Exhibits, accessed December 21, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/27042.