(MUSIC) Slave Songs of the South by the Virginia Choristers

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(MUSIC.) Slave Songs of the South, by the Virginia Choristers, Composed in Part of the Original Hampton Singers. 4 printed pages, 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet; moderate wear including slight loss at corners, horizontal folds, and light foxing. South Brooklyn, NY, 1876

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Program of 14 songs performed by one of the many vocal groups which capitalized on the great success of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The nine singers are named; first tenor Joseph C. Mebane was indeed a Hampton Institute graduate. "These singers were nearly all born in slavery, and their songs are a faithful rendering of the music so peculiar to slave life." The group toured the Northeast from October 1876 through February 1877, and then seems to have abruptly disbanded. No material relating to the Virginia Choristers traced in OCLC or at auction.