Go To Dark Gethsemane

Audio file

Date recorded: May 6, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Shouter Spiritual Baptists; Performer: Unidentified; Performer: Smith, John D.; Performer: Smith, Emelda; Performer: Paul, Elena; Performer: McSween, Mary; Performer: Matisse, Adris; Performer: Joshua, Percival; Performer: Joshua, Medford; Performer: Jacobs, Sister; Performer: Cowan, Reverend Olsie; Performer: Cowan, Florence; Performer: Baptist, Bennette; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: hymn, sacred song
Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad
Instruments: bell(s), clapping, voice
Location: Syne Village, Penal, Penal/Debe, Trinidad and Tobago
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1073
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T1073R07
Note: Hymn sung by the congregation accompanied on organ (harmonium?). The performance style is characterized by dense heterophony and parallel harmonies. Handclapping and intermittent bell ringing throughout. Note the steady increase and eventual decrease in intensity.
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Belongs to: Syne Village 5/62
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