Fisk Jubilee Singers
They preserved the tradition of Negro spirituals.
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The Fisk University Jubilee Singers, 1901
About The artist
The original Jubilee Singers introduced 'slave songs' to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals. They performed for president Ulysses S. Grant at the White House in 1872 and toured Europe the following year.
Did you know...
The group was formed in 1871 to raise money for the financially struggling university. In the first seven years they were together, they raised over $150,000, enough to pay off the school's debts and purchase Fort Gillen, the current site of the university.
