The earliest collection of slave songs, entitled Slave Songs of the United States, was
a. an attempt to transcribe performances into European music notation
b. a perfectly accurate representation of the music
c. an attempt to cash in on the desire slaves expressed to learn more of their music from other
parts of the country
d. essentially instrumental and vocal arrangements of blues-like songs
A
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