Music History

Joy to the World | Stories Behind the Carols We Love to Sing

Episode 107

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Jilly gives the story behind the carol and The Mid Carolina High School Chorus sings Joy to the World.

Painting of Lowcountry Group of Singers | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

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Alfred Hutty painting of a Lowcountry group of singers. These men and women are quite likely the musicians for a "shout" ceremony, for they are singing and clapping their hands rhythmically. The...

Gospel Choir Performs At The 38th Conference Of The NAACP | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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The music slaves brought with them from Africa came from a variety of different cultures, and it is impossible in the caption for a single image to recount the history of the blending of those...

Man Playing the Fiddle | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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An unknown man, Charleston County, playing the fiddle, around 1900. By rights this photograph should be of a banjo, whose origins are indisputably African. As early as the late 17th century, records...

Come Along, Let's Ride This Train: Santee River Testimonies, Praises and Songs | Digital Traditions

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by Vennie Deas-Moore. A South Carolina native, Deas-Moore is a photographer and writer who specializes in the cultural history of the Lowcountry, especially the rice culture of Georgetown County. My...

SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History

Episode 19

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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. in this episode, learn about South Carolina Music and Musicians. Genres of music like spirituals, blues, gospel...

Daniel Decatur Emmitt | Eye on the Past

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Daniel Decatur Emmitt, the New Yorker who penned the song "Dixie."

Praise House | Gullah Music

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Students will understand how enslaved Africans created music for their worship experience. Religious meetings in “praise houses” provided the spiritual outlet for enslaved Africans on the plantation...

Secret Code | Gullah Music

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Students will understand that music and material culture became a mode of covert communication between slaves. Aunt Pearlie Sue is our guide as students uncover hidden messages in the work songs...

Work Song | Gullah Music

Episode 3

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Enslaved Africans sang songs as they worked to help keep the pace of the task they were doing. A leader called out a verse or yell and others responded. This is the call-and-response singing tradition...

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