Let us break bread together
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"Let us break bread together" is a traditional Christian hymn. Its melody is searching, simple, major key, and has simple lyrics.[3]
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Genre | Hymn |
Written | Before 1925 |
Language | English |
Meter | 4/4[1] |
Published | 1925[2] |
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"Let us break bread together" follows in the tradition of most Black spirituals. Black spirituals were mostly composed by African slaves who had no training in western music.[2] The tune varied but became known widely after publication in The Second Book of Negro Spirituals in 1926.[4]