아프리카계 미국인 영가에 대한 기본적인 정보는 http://www.negrospirituals.com/ 에서 많이 얻을 수 있다. 내가 인상깊게 읽은 글로는 구전되는 영가들이 지니는 새로운 역사 자료로서 가치와 그에 대한 분석이 얼마나 아프리카계 미국인들의 종교사를 서술하는 방식을 바꾸어놓을 수 있는 지를 구체적으로 서술해 놓은 다음의 글이 있다.
Lawrence Levine, "Slave Songs and Slave Consciousness: An Exploration in Neglected Sources," African-American Religion (New York: Routledge, 1997[원글은 1971]).
영가와 아프리카계 미국인 종교사에 대한 고전적인 읽을거리로 소개된 것들로는 다음과 같은 글들이 있다.
Epstein, Dena J, Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977).
Genovese, Eugene, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (New York: Vintage, 1972)
Levine, Lawrence W, Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought From Slavery to Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 1977)
Blassingame, John W, The Slave Community (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972)
White, John, "Veiled Testimony: Negro Spirituals and Slave Experience," Journal of American Studies 17 (1983): 251-63.
Genovese, Eugene, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (New York: Vintage, 1972)
Levine, Lawrence W, Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought From Slavery to Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 1977)
Blassingame, John W, The Slave Community (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972)
White, John, "Veiled Testimony: Negro Spirituals and Slave Experience," Journal of American Studies 17 (1983): 251-63.
5. "Go Down Moses"
모세의 노예 해방은 아프리카계 미국인들의 기독교 신앙을 관통하는 핵심적인 이야기였다. 모세는 영가에 단골출연하는 인물인데, 이 노래에는 그 해방의 메시지가 직접적으로 강렬히 나타난다. 특히, "Let my people go"라는 구절이 힘있게 울린다.
Paul Robeson - Go Down Moses (Let my people go)
When Israel was in Egypt's land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land
Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land
Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go
6. "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"
Brooklyn Gospel Singers, Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
Jericho Jericho;
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
And the walls came tumbling down.
You may talk about your kings of Gideon,
You may talk about your men of Saul
But there's none like good old Joshua
At the battle of Jericho
You may talk about your men of Saul
But there's none like good old Joshua
At the battle of Jericho
7. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long ways from home
A long ways from home
True believer
A long ways from home
Along ways from home
Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Come Marching In
We are traveling in the footsteps
Of those who’ve gone before
But we’ll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited)
On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)
We are traveling in the footsteps
Of those who’ve gone before
But we’ll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited)
On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)
Oh when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine
And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in
9. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
Statler Brothers - He's got the whole world in his hands
1. He´s got the whole world in His hands,
|: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :|
He´s got the whole world in His hands.
2. He´s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
|: He´s got the wind and the rain in His hands, :|
He´s got the whole world in His hands
10. "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?"
Johny Cash and the Carter Family - Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
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