| 单词 | negro spiritual |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNegro spiritual Negro spiritual n. a religious song belonging to a folk tradition associated particularly with black Christians in the southern United States, and which originated among African slaves in the American South in the late 18th and 19th centuries.See note at spiritual n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > spiritual > [noun] Negro spiritual1858 spiritual1858 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > religious song Negro spiritual1858 spiritual1858 carval1860 gospel song1905 gospel1956 1858 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 30 Aug. They sing songs, clapping their hands and rocking their bodies in time, and these songs have a great resemblance to some of our negro spirituals. 1867 Atlantic Monthly June 685/1 I had for many years heard of this class of songs under the name of ‘Negro Spirituals’. 1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. p. xvi (advt.) Negro spirituals are known throughout the South. 1991 Guardian 26 Feb. 35/2 A Child of Our Time had not omitted the Americans—thanks to its negro spirituals (from which Britten's Lacrimosa cribbed). 2018 Adoption & Culture 6 140 In her best effort to support his ethnic identity, his mother sang him Negro spirituals and plantation songs. < as lemmas |
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