Julia Werthimer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I'm sorry, butI simply can't stand the way Battle and Norman sing
>spirituals.  I know you are an expert on church music, Kevin; but I would
>plead that spirituals are not simply church music: they are a form of folk
>music as well.

I second that.  Mind you I can't stand the way Jessye Norman sings most
things.

Deryk Barker
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