Negro Spirituals
lA RECITAL of Negro Spirituals was given recently from the 4YA studios by Geoffrey de Latour, possessor of a fine, resonant bass voice which broadcasts excellently. This singer reveals in his interpretation of spirituals a deep gense of their beauty and power. It. might be argued that such singers as
Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson have said the last word regarding the interpretation of spirituals, and it is true that our own singers can tell us nothing new about the old favourites like "Sweet Chariot" and "Deep River.", But there are literally dozens and dozens of spirituals which we hear so seldom that they ere really new songs to us, and our singers can help to present us with the harvest of this rich field of music by discovering its glories for themselves.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 13
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135Negro Spirituals New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 423, 1 August 1947, Page 13
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