Fisk Jubilee Singers (1 janv. 1871 – 1 janv. 1878)

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The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditional spirituals, but included some songs by Stephen Foster. The original group toured along the Underground Railroad path in the United States, as well as performing in England and Europe. Later 19th-century groups also toured in Europe.

This was a highly important moment in music history, as the singers began to bring Negro Spirituals to the concert hall, thereby beginning to create the Concertized Spiritual.

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