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Wade In The Water Ep. 2: In Search Of The Sacred
One woman's search for the broader meanings of the African American interpretations of religious beliefs as "the saved" and "the sacred."
Wade In The Water Ep. 1: Songs And Singing As Church
The relationship between song and singing, and worship and belief in both the organized and non-organized church. Introduces concepts, performing styles and musical genres.
Wade In The Water Ep. 4: Sacred Songs As History
The sinking of the Titanic, the Depression, World Wars I and II and the civil rights movement, and the moving songs that arise from the sacred music tradition.
Wade In The Water Ep. 3: Steal Away, Songs & Stories About Slavery
African American oral tradition rich with memories, testimonies and songs from the hard days of 19th century slavery.
Wade In The Water Ep. 6: Lined Hymn & Shaped-Note Tradition
Two musical traditions, originating from Europe and adapted by African American converts to Christianity.
Wade In The Water Ep. 5: The Power Of Communal Song
The story of African American religious music as a moral weapon, to galvanize individuals for worship and for action in the civil rights struggles of the century.
Wade In The Water Ep. 7: The Fisk Jubilee Singers And The Concert Spiritual Tradition
The sound, history and legacy of the concert or arranged spiritual, and the role of the black university in developing a repertoire that blends African American and European influences.
Wade In The Water Ep. 9: The Struggle For A New Classical Concert Tradition
The struggle of African Americans seeking careers as classical concert artists, featuring Roland Hayes, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle and others.
Wade In The Water Ep. 8: African American Composers & The Concert Spiritual Tradition
Composers like Harry T. Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett and William Dawson, who applied Western classical music training to the traditional spiritual and created a new repertoire for the concert stage.