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"Steal Away" is a standard Gospel song, and is found in the hymnals of many Protestant denominations. An arrangement of the song is included in the oratorio A Child of Our Time , first performed in 1944, by the classical composer Michael Tippett (1908–98).
A Spiritual (chorus and soli): "Steal Away" Part II. Chorus: "A star rises in midwinter" The Narrator (bass solo): "And a time came" Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: "Away with them!" The Narrator (bass solo): "Where they could, they fled" Chorus of the Self-righteous: "We cannot have them in our Empire"
Many popular sources claim that spirituals and other songs, such as "Steal Away" or "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd", contained coded information and helped individuals navigate the railroad, but these sources offer little traditional archival evidence to support their claims. Some scholars who have examined these claims tend to believe that while ...
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, [1] Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, [2] [3] [4] which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade [5] and for centuries afterwards, through ...
The release of "Steal Away" on Fame in May 1964 was occasioned by a visit to FAME Studios by "Mr Atlanta Music" Bill Lowery, on whose say-so Hall made an initial one thousand copy pressing of "Steal Away", Hall and FAME Studios sideman Dan Penn - then twenty-three years old [6] - distributing the discs to radio stations throughout the South in ...
Steal Away might refer to: "Steal Away", an American spiritual "Steal Away" (Jimmy Hughes song), a 1964 song "Steal Away" (Robbie Dupree song), a 1980 song
"Steal Away" "You Got to Move" "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way" "Sometimes I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long" "Motherless Children" "When I Take My Vacation" References
The "balm in Gilead" references the Old Testament, particularly Jeremiah 8:22, but the spiritual's lyrics focus on the New Testament concept of salvation through Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, the balm of Gilead is a healing compound, symbolizing spiritual medicine for Israel and sinners.