Roland Hayes Concert Program

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Roland Hayes, the famous Black tenor, often incorporated "Aframerican religious folk music," or spirituals, into his classical repertoire, as demonstrated by this 1937 program. Hayes arranged the spirituals, which had been passed down orally from generation to generation, for orchestral accompaniment.

Courtesy of University of Iowa Libraries, Redpath Chautauqua Collection.

Roland Hayes Concert Program

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