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298: 309:. One early review of the group's performance was headlined "Negro Minstrelsy in Church--Novel Religious Exercise," while further reviews highlighted the fact that this group of Negro minstrels were, oddly enough, "genuine negroes." "Those who have only heard the burnt cork caricatures of negro minstrelsy have not the slightest conception of what it really is," Doug Seroff quotes one review of a concert by the group as saying. This was not a uniquely American response to the group's performance, but was typical in audience receptions in Europe as well: "From the first the Jubilee music was more or less of a puzzle to the critics; and even among those who sympathised with their mission there was no little difference of opinion as to the artistic merit of their entertainments. Some could not understand the reason for enjoying so thoroughly as almost everyone did these simple unpretending songs." 154: 444:
with his wife, Agnes. Ella (Sheppard) Moore assisted, and also directed the Jubilee Club on campus. In Folk Song of the American Negro, Work proclaimed, “Mrs. Ella Sheppard Moore…has been so closely connected with the presentation of to the world, so intimately associated with their preservation that it is impossible to think of the one separate and apart from the other.” Due to budgetary constraints, it operated as Fisk University Jubilee Quartet from 1909–1916 in which Work sang First Tenor. It is this group that made the first sound recordings of spirituals in authentic rendering, including the 1909 recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, which was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2002.
44: 544: 220: 427:. In July 2007, the Fisk Jubilee Singers went on a sacred journey to Ghana at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy. It was a history making event, as it was their first time visit to Ghana. In 2008, the Fisk Jubilee Singers were selected as a recipient of the 2008 National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest honor for artists and patrons of the arts. The award was presented by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush during a ceremony at the White House. 1161: 1095:, sang bass in the choir, the caliber of his singing was often compared to that of Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson, two of the greatest male vocalists born and bred on American soil. He also directed the "Original Fisk Jubilee Singers," before and after the group disbanded in 1878, touring the globe and receiving international acclaim, in the capacity of singer, director and manager of the group for nearly 30 years. 213:) to go on tour to earn money for the university. On October 6, 1871, the group of students, consisting of two quartets and a pianist, started their U.S. tour under White's direction. They first performed in Cincinnati, Ohio. Over the next 18 months, the group toured through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. 320:; "they were sacred to our parents, who used them in their religious worship and shouted over them...It was only after many months that gradually our hearts were opened to the influence of these friends and we began to appreciate the wonderful beauty and power of our songs. After the rough start, the first United States tours eventually earned $ 40,000 for Fisk University. 177:. In 1871, the five-year-old university was facing serious financial difficulty. To avert bankruptcy and closure, Fisk's treasurer and music director, George Leonard White, a white Northern missionary dedicated to music and proving African Americans were the intellectual equals of whites, gathered a nine-member student chorus, consisting of four black men ( 277:, expressed "thanks to these young colored people for their liberality in giving the proceeds of last evening’s concert to our relief fund for the Chicago sufferers." The group traveled on to Columbus, Ohio, where lack of funding, poor hotel conditions, and overall mistreatment from the press and audiences left them feeling tired and discouraged. 364:
many times, when we didn’t have place to sleep or anything to eat. Mr. White went out and brought us some sandwiches and tried to find some place to put us up." Other times while the singers would wait in the railway station, White "and some other man of the troupe waded through sleet or snow or rain from hotel to hotel seeking shelter for us".
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1889–1898, the group was named Loudin’s Fisk Jubilee Singers. In 1884, Maggie Porter, who had sung in both the original group and Loudin’s group, and her new husband, singer Daniel Cole, formed their own separate company, calling it Fisk Jubilee Singers and toured the U.S., Canada and Europe during the 1880s and 90s.
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The original Jubilee Singers introduced slave songs to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals. They influenced many other troupes of jubilee singers who would go on to make their own contributions to the genre, such
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1899–1923 — John Wesley Work, Jr. (a.k.a. John W. Work II) championed “Jubilee music” at Fisk University since joining the faculty in 1896. In 1899, University President E. M. Cravath, who had dissolved the group 20 years earlier, commissioned Work with re-instituting it. He shared directorship
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The original Jubilee Singers disbanded in 1878 because of their grueling touring schedule. As Ella Sheppard, one of the original Jubilee Singers recalled, "our strength was failing under the ill treatment at hotels, on railroads, poorly attended concerts, and ridicule." Porter also said, "There were
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1879–1898 — George Leonard White and Frederick Loudin established a group in September 1879—not associated with Fisk University—and shared the musical directorship for about two years. Frederick Loudin continued as sole director, with some organizational and musical involvement by White. From
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1871–1878 — George Leonard White, founding director. White had organized groups of singers with Ella Sheppard under the Fisk name since 1866. White asked Ella Sheppard to help prepare the group for its inaugural tour in 1871. Fisk University President E. M. Cravath disbanded the original Fisk
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Noted as the premier carriers of the Negro spirituals, the Fisk Jubilee Singers were selected in November 2008 as one of nine recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts. The award, which is the highest recognition for artistic excellence given by the United States Government, was presented by
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1928–1947 — Henrietta Crawley Myers (a.k.a. Mrs. James A. Myers), a singer under John W. Work II, took directorship of the group after her husband passed. During these years, The Jubilee Singers, as she called it, was made up of former members of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers. Despite
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The group and their pastor, Henry Bennett, prayed about whether to continue with the tour. White went off to pray as well; he believed that they needed a name to capture audience attention. The next morning, he met with the singers and said "Children, it shall be Jubilee Singers in memory of the
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The Jubilee Singers continue to perform as a touring ensemble of Fisk University students. As of 2000, the group had 14 members who sang without instrumental accompaniment and with their director offstage. They also have appeared with popular performers including
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in April. They returned the following year, they sailed to Europe again, touring from May 1875 to July 1878 and drawing rave reviews. This tour raised an estimated $ 150,000 for the university, funds used to construct Fisk's first permanent building. Named
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and lyricist Justin Butcher, wrote "The Year of Jubilee", a piece for soloists and choir telling the story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. It was first performed at St. Luke's Church, Holloway, London in April 2013 and also with the university of
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in Manhattan. They garnered national attention and generous donations. Staying in the New York area for six weeks, by the time they returned to Nashville, they had raised the full $ 20,000 White had promised the university.
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was followed by a "year of jubilee" in which all slaves would be set free. Since most of the students at Fisk University and their families were newly freed slaves, the name "Jubilee Singers" seemed fitting.
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serving on the Fisk University faculty and the group maintaining their international prominence under her direction, it is not clear whether this group was directly affiliated with Fisk University.
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Jubilee Singers in July 1878. It would not re-form under the auspices of Fisk University for 20 years, until 1899. However, groups independent of Fisk University carried on the name and legacy.
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tradition among white and northern audiences in the late 19th century; many were previously unaware of its existence. At first the slave songs were never sung in public, according to
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1923–1927 — Rev. James A. Myers, second tenor in the Fisk University Jubilee Quartet, took leadership of that group and the Fisk Jubilee Singers after John W. Work II resigned.
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As the tour continued, audiences came to appreciate the singers' voices, and the group began to be praised. The Jubilee Singers are credited with the early popularization of the
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In 2016, Tyehimba Jess published a book of poems entitled "Olio" that includes a crown of sonnets which follows the lives of the first troupe of Fisk Jubilee Singers.
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Ward, A. (2001). Dark midnight when I rise: The story of the jubilee singers, who introduced the world to the music of Black America. Amistad Press.
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Bracks, L. L., DeGregory, C. A., & Giovanni, N. (2022). Heritage & Honor: 150-year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. TL Scott Publishing.
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In a tour of Great Britain and Europe in 1873, the group, by then with 11 members, performed "Steal Away to Jesus" and "Go Down, Moses" for
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Massified Illusions of Difference: Photography and the Mystique of the American Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
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and members of the U.S. Congress. They traveled next to New York, where they performed before enthusiastic audiences at preacher
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The Jubilee Singers' performances were a departure from the familiar "black minstrel" genre of white musicians performing in
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Fisk University commemorates the anniversary of the singers' first tour by celebrating Jubilee Day on October 6 each year.
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path in the United States, as well as performing in England and Europe. Later 19th-century groups also toured in Europe.
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recalled, "We had thirty dollars and sent every penny to Chicago and didn't have anything for ourselves." The mayor of
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at the White House in March of that year. They gave a separate performance in Washington, D.C., for Vice President
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Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers have produced vast numbers of recordings over their 150-year history. For example, the
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers' performance at the Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center in
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lists 82 master recordings just from the period 1909 - 1927, made for four major early record companies (
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A new Jubilee Singers choir was formed in 1879 under the direction of George L. White and singer
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released a three-episode saga entitled "The Jubilee Singers." In this saga, listeners can hear
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After a concert in Cincinnati, the group donated their small profit to the victims of the
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Seroff, Doug (1990). "The Original Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Spiritual Tradition".
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Johnson, Aisha M., "Jubilee Singers Archives 1858-1924", Fisk University, 2013
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The singers were organized as a fundraising effort for Fisk University. The
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category.The album won the Grammy - the first for the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
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Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919
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honored the Singers with a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.
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in 2007. The Fisk Jubilee Singers performed at the world premiere.
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Jubilee Songs: as sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University
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2004, the song "Poor Man Lazarus" on the Singers' 2003 recording
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Notable people who were members of the Jubilee Singers include:
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In 2021, the Fisk Jubilee Singers won their first Grammy at the
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from 1915, and directed the Jubilee Singers from 1928 to 1947.
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Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry,
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Portable Nineteenth Century African American Women Writers
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Silveri, L. D. (1989). G. R. Keck and S. V. Martin (ed.).
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tell the story of George Leonard White, Benjamin Holmes,
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about the Fisk Jubilee Singers' European Tour of 1873 by
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https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=fisk+jubilee+singers
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The Singing Tours of the Fisk Jubilee Singers: 1871-1874
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World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival
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on the life of former Fisk Jubilee Singers director
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President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
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2024 - Dr. G. Preston Wilson, Jr., Current Director
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Index

Jubilee Singers

A cappella
African-American
a cappella
Fisk University
Nashville
Tennessee
spirituals
Stephen Foster
Underground Railroad
Library of Congress
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
United States National Recording Registry
National Medal of Arts

historically black college
American Missionary Association
American Civil War
African Americans
Isaac Dickerson
Ben Holmes
Greene Evans
Thomas Rutling
Ella Sheppard
Maggie Porter
Minnie Tate
Jennie Jackson
Eliza Walker
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

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