The Oxford Book of Spirituals

A collection of 29 stylistically authentic spiritual arrangements for SATB choirs. The contents span the period from 1914 to 2001 and are ordered chronologically. Many of the best-known songs from the genre's most important composers and arrangers are included. The volume surveys the spiritual's entire range of themes and forms in a way that is at once stylistically authentic and historically meaningful.
Piano reductions are included for unaccompanied songs.

Contents:

Listen to the lambs, Dett
Swing low, sweet chariot, Diton/arr. Shenk
My Lord, what a mornin', Burleigh
Jesus is a rock in a weary lan', Work
Ezekiel saw de wheel, Cain
Ride the chariot, Smith
Here's one, Still
Let us break bread together, Lawrence
If I got my ticket, can I ride?, Shaw
Little innocent lamb, Bartholomew
Great day, Martin
Any how, Pittman
Daniel, Daniel, servant of the Lord, Moore
Fix me, Jesus, Johnson
Amen, Hairston
A city called heaven, De Paur
Were you there?, Luboff
I want God's heaven to be mine, King
Lily of the valley, Whalum
Keep your lamps, Thomas
Witness, Halloran
My good Lord's done been here, Cloud
Go tell it on the mountain, Carter
Don't you let nobody turn you 'round, McLin
Glory to the newborn King, Morris
By an' by, Parker
Look what dey doin' to Jesus, Jackson
The battle of Jericho, Hogan