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God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse

Johnson, James Weldon
Douglas, Aaron

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Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Black History

Literary CriticismBlack American StudiesGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $5.00

ISBN10: 0486851370
ISBN13: 9780486851372
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Apr 18 2023
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.07 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was a revered African American civil rights leader, diplomat, lawyer, novelist, poet, and songwriter in the Harlem Renaissance. He also coauthored the hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing, known as the Black national anthem. God's Trombones, one of Johnson's most celebrated works, transforms seven uplifting spiritual sermons of African American preachers into poetry. God's Trombones equates the Black oral tradition and its characteristic cadence with the sweeping tonal ranges of the trombone, which most closely resembles the human voice. This classic collection includes Listen, Lord -- A Prayer; The Creation; The Prodigal Son; Go Down Death -- A Funeral Sermon; Noah Built the Ark; The Crucifixion; Let My People Go; and The Judgment Day.

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