Concert Spirituals Audio Files
Below are a selection of concert spiritual recordings from the personal collection of author and musician Randye Jones. Most tracks were originally released on 78 RPM or long-playing discs between 1916 and the 1970s, with some rare tracks more recently released.
Vocalists whose recordings of concert spirituals are included in the playlist are:
Adele Addison, soprano Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano Marian Anderson, contralto Ethel Ayler, soprano Jules Bledsoe, baritone Anne Wiggins Brown, soprano Lawrence Brown, vocalist Count Carnette, vocalist Kitty Cheatham, soprano Clarence Carroll Clark, baritone Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano |
Todd Duncan, baritone |
Nettie Moore, contralto Elwood Peterson, baritone Leontyne Price, soprano Paul Robeson, bass-baritone Bayard Rustin, tenor Oscar Seagle, baritone Kenneth Spencer, bass-baritone Helen Traubel, soprano Camilla Williams, soprano William Warfield, baritone Lucretia West, contralto |
Additional information about each track is available by searching The Spirituals Database.
Contents of this playlist are intended for research purposes.