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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Negro spirituals</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>songs</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>African American spirituals</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Afro-American spirituals</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Negro spiritual</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spirituals</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spirituals, Negro</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Distinctive religious songs associated with African-American Christians of the southern United States; they were originally derived from African slaves having applied African musical elements to hymns that were ultimately European in origin. ]]></note></mads>