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Meanings of negro spirituals in English

Russian
спиричуэлс
Portuguese
espiritual negro
Spanish
espirituales
Catalan
espiritual negre

A music genre created by generations of African-Americans.

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        Examples for "spiritual"
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        In contrast, she said, American Protestantism offers greater room for spiritual debate.
        Reuters
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        However, I think the spiritual and intellectual benefits far outweighed the disadvantages.
        The Guardian
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        The spiritual community is the Church; it is organized in the churches.
        Some Christian Convictions / A Practical Restatement in Terms of...
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        She made a special spiritual transcendence throughout the course of these years.
        Radio NZ
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        That can only be good for the country's spiritual and moral health.
        The Irish Times
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        In spirituals and in temporals, 'the hand of the diligent maketh rich.'
        The Power of Faith / Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The...
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        The first to record the early hymns and spirituals were four-part-harmony quartets.
        Reuters
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        Her program is on Negro music and she wishes to emphasize spirituals.
        The new yorker
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        The piece is structured around the singing of five traditional Negro spirituals.
        The Guardian
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        The spirituals and work songs were the product of the slave.
        The Black Experience in America
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        Curry also referred to slavery, mentioning the healing power of the spiritual music sung by slaves.
        The South African
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        By the mid-80s she was recording spiritual music and releasing it as private press tapes on her own Avatar Book Institute.
        The Guardian
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        Her unique phrasing and innate feel for a song was a gift reinforced by her exposure to blues and spiritual music.
        The Irish Times
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        If now during my laborious performance a friend enters the room, he might well say, I do not like spiritual music.
        The Nature of Goodness
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        Even though the place is shut to visitors, a sound system is pumping loud spiritual music, and Jay's hearing is going.
        Reuters
        Usage of negro spirituals in English
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        They have referred to these as 'contemporary negro spirituals'.
        Radio NZ
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        Paul Robeson told them about him; composes negro spirituals.
        The new yorker
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        The piece is structured around the singing of five traditional Negro spirituals.
        The Guardian
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        I mean we sang Negro Spirituals to help us break off of plantations.
        Ebony
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        While Negro spirituals were not imported directly from Africa, they were more than an attempt to copy the master's music.
        The Black Experience in America
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        Films such as 1957's Funny Face use Black southern gospel and inspiration from Negro spirituals for a whole musical number.
        Ebony
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        Their first group singing of a Sunday consisted of Negro spirituals in spondaic and trochaic verse, and phrased in many minors.
        Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
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        Gospel music is rooted in the Black church experience of the African-American South and birthed out of the Negro spirituals of slavery.
        Ebony
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        She was a glamorous American who was the more exotic, in Carrington's eyes, because of her willingness to sing Negro spirituals at London parties.
        The new yorker
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        What brought the audience to its feet were Negro spirituals and an ode to transsexualism, sung to the tune of The Lady is a Tramp.
        Wired