Every Voice And Sing! "The Legend Grows"

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Every Voice And Sing! "The Legend Grows"

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Length: 01:05:30

Five stand-alone hours on the history and legacy of Black Choral Music Read the full description.

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"EVERY VOICE AND SING!" is hosted by NPR's MICHELE NORRIS. It looks at the fascinating and little-known history of the choral music and choirs preserved primarily by historically Black colleges and universities. The five-part series of stand-alone hours covers from the pre-Civil War period to the present. Available January 2007 via PRX download or from The Content Depot. Episode Two: "The Legend Grows." In this episode we explore the lives, work and accomplishments of some of the college choir directors and composers; such individuals as William Levi Dawson at Tuskegee Institute, and R. Nathaniel Dett, first at Hampton Institute, then later at Bennett College. Early and current female Choir Directors at Bennett, Tuskegee and Talladega are profiled...

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Timing and Cues

A list of Musical Works and timings for all episodes is avaliable at http://www.evted2.org/EVAS-Music-List-and-Timings.php
Links to Timing and Cue information for all episodes are available at http://www.evted2.org/EVAS-Summaries.php

Timing & Cues for this episode:
00:00:01 INCUE: "This program is made possible by ..."
00:19:07 OUTCUE: "This is Every Voice And Sing! I'm Michele Norris."

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00:19:37 INCUE: "The Swayne School was issued a Charter..."
00:39:13 OUTCUE: (SPELMAN CHOIR) "This is Every Voice And Sing! I'm Michele Norris."

(30-second solo piano music bed for ID)

00:39:43 INCUE: "My name is Adrea Brown, a junior political science..."
00:59:00 OUTCUE: "... visit us at: www.evted.org." (Solo Piano theme music to last note resolution).