Brown University
  1. Top
  2. ...
  3. Representations of Black…
  4. bdr:19818
Back to Results

St. Louis blues

Full Metadata

Overview

Year:
1914
Contributor:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Harris, Marion, 1896-1944 (performer)
Natwick (illustrator)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Harris, Marion > 1896-1944
African Americans > Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Saint Louis (Mo.) > Songs and music
Extent:
6 p.
Library Catalog
Catalog Link

Files

Views

Description

Notes:
words and music by W.C. Handy
For voice and piano, with chords for ukulele in D
Caption title
"The first successful 'blues' published"--Cover
Sung by: Marion Harris
Advertisements for "St. Louis blues" arranged for ukulele: p. [6]
Cover illustration: drawing of cotton bale, photograph of St. Louis skyline incorporated into drawing / Natwick; photograph of Marion Harris
Advertisement for "Blues: an anthology": cop. 2, p. [6]

Content

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), "St. Louis blues" (1914). Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830s-1920s). Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:19818/

Relations

Has Parts:

  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 1
    • View
  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 2
    • View
  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 3
    • View
  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 4
    • View
  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 5
    • View
  • Child thumbnail
    St. Louis blues
    • Type: Page-Image
    • Order: 6
    • View

Collection: