Referencing Spirituals

You feel a little like a detective who’s unearthed a clue. 

You’re listening to, say, the Symphony No. 4, in D Minor, of Florence Price, and you hear something you’ve heard before. At first you don’t know where or what. And then it comes to you: it’s the stunning spiritual: Wade in the Water.

Full of big beautiful blues, minors and harmonics, the Symphony No. 4 is simply beautiful.

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/21/686622572/revisiting-the-pioneering-composer-florence-price