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" There is no singing in pwts* as we understand it, and yet no two appear to be singing the same thing — the leading singer starts the words of each verse, often improvising, and the others, who "base... "
Slave Songs of the United States - Page v
by William Francis Allen - 1867 - 115 pages
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Supplement to the Courant, Volumes 25-35

1862 - 580 pages
...affirm to be something wonderful and altogether unique. There is no "part singing" with them. The leader starts the words of each verse, often improvising, and the others who base them, as it is called, strike in with the refrain, or even join in the solo when they know the words....
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History of the University of Wisconsin, from Its First Organization to 1879 ...

Consul Willshire Butterfield - Universities and colleges - 1879 - 282 pages
...like, • I can't stay behind, my Lord!' or, ' Turn, sinner, turn OP "There is no singing in parts, as we understand it; and yet no two appear to be singing...each verse, often improvising, and the others who k base ' him, as it is called, strike in with the refrain, or even join in the solo when the words...
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History of the University of Wisconsin, from Its First Organization to 1879 ...

Consul Willshire Butterfield - Universities and colleges - 1879 - 276 pages
...like, ' I can't stay behind, my Lord!' or, ' Turn, sinner, turn O!' ''There is no singing in parts, as we understand it; and yet no two appear to be singing the same thing; — the leadingsinger starts the words of each verse, often improvising, and the others who ' base ' him, as...
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Other Days

James Wentworth Leigh - African Americans - 1921 - 286 pages
...variations cannot be reproduced on paper. The leading singer starts the words of each verse or line, often improvising, and the others who base him, as it is called, strike in with a refrain. The basers seem often to follow their own whims, beginning when they please and leaving...
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America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present

Gilbert Chase - Music - 1992 - 768 pages
...effect of a number singing together. . . ."His description continues: There is no singing in parts, as we understand it, and yet no two appear to be singing...others, who "base" him, as it is called, strike in the refrain, or even join in the solo, when the words are familiar. . . . And the "basers" themselves...
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Slave Songs of the United States

William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, Lucy McKim Garrison - African Americans - 2009 - 179 pages
...stay behind, ray Lord" (No. 8), or " Turn, sinner, turn О Iм (No. 48). There is no singing in parte* as we understand it, and yet no two appear to be singing...improvising, and the others, who "base" him, as it is culled, strike in with the refrain, or even join in the solo, when the words are familiar. Wheu the...
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Slave Songs of the United States

William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, Lucy McKim Garrison - Music - 1995 - 196 pages
...tarn O !" (No. 48). There is no singing in parts* as we nnderstand it, and yet no two appear to he singing the same thing — the leading singer starts...each verse, often improvising, and the others, who "hase" him, as it is called, strike in with the refrain, or even join in the solo, when the words are...
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The Gullah People and Their African Heritage

William S. Pollitzer - Social Science - 1999 - 344 pages
...Higginson, Army Life, p. 19. 156. Parrish, Slave Songs, p. xvii. 157. "There is no singing in parts, as we understand it, and yet no two appear to be singing...even join in the solo, when the words are familiar . . . and rarely with any discord" (Allen et al., Slave Songs, p. v). 158. Lomax, Georgia Sea Island...
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Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Quartet

Gage Averill - Music - 2003 - 249 pages
...African American polyphonic singing from a decidedly naive perspective: There is no singing in parts, as we understand it, and yet no two appear to be singing...even join in the solo, when the words are familiar. . . . And the "basers" themselves seem to follow their own whims, beginning when they please and leaving...
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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War

Dena J. Epstein - Music - 2003 - 468 pages
...variations cannot be reproduced on paper. The leading singer starts the words of each verse or line, often improvising, and the others who base him, as it is called, strike in with a refrain. The basers seem often to follow their own whims, beginning when they please and leaving...
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