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R. Nathaniel Dett: The Ordering of Moses

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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The Exodus Story and Moses

The spiritual was used as a symbol of escape and rebellion. Instead of just presenting the spiritual as is, debt decides to put forth his idea of the integration of spirituals with traditional classical forms. The amalgamation of the use of the exodus story and mose's words of let my people go was a powerful talisman for abolitionists at the time too.

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