A collection of 29 stylistically authentic spiritual arrangements for SATB choirs. The contents span the period from 1914 to 2001 and are ordered chronologically. Many of the best-known songs from the genre's most important composers and arrangers are included. The volume surveys the spiritual's entire range of themes and forms in a way that is at once stylistically authentic and historically meaningful. Piano reductions are included for unaccompanied songs.

Dett: Listen to the lambs, Diton/arr. Shenk: Swing low, sweet chariot, Burleigh: My Lord, what a mornin', Work: Jesus is a rock in a weary lan', Cain: Ezekiel saw de wheel, Smith: Ride the chariot, Still: Here's one, Lawrence: Let us break bread together, Shaw: If I got my ticket, can I ride?, Bartholomew: Little innocent lamb, Martin: Great day, Pittman: Any how, Moore: Daniel, Daniel, servant of the Lord, Johnson: Fix me, Jesus, Hairston: Amen, De Paur: A city called heaven, Luboff: Were you there?, King: I want God's heaven to be mine, Whalum: Lily of the valley, Thomas: Keep your lamps, Halloran: Witness, Cloud: My good Lord's done been here, Carter: Go tell it on the mountain, McLin: Don't you let nobody turn you 'round, Morris: Glory to the newborn King, Parker: By an' by, Jackson: Look what dey doin' to Jesus, Hogan: The battle of Jericho, Simpson-Curenton: Lord, how come me here