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Alabama jubilee
Description:
words by Jack Yellen; music by George L. Cobb
For voice and piano
Caption title
Cover illustration: photograph of Elizabeth Murray; frame design
Advertisement for …
Year:
1915
Contributor:
Cobb, George L., 1886-1942 (composer)
Yellen, Jack, 1892- (lyricist)
Jerome H. Remick & Co. (Detroit, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject:
Murray, Elizabeth > 1870-1946
African American dance > Songs and music
Ragtime music > Songs and music
Alabama > Songs and music
Collection:
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Alabama jubilee
Description:
words by Jack Yellen; music by George L. Cobb
For voice and piano
Caption title
Professional copy
Year:
1915
Contributor:
Cobb, George L., 1886-1942 (composer)
Yellen, Jack, 1892- (lyricist)
Jerome H. Remick (Detroit, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject:
African American dance > Songs and music
Ragtime music > Songs and music
Alabama > Songs and music
Collection:
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Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Aunt Dinah's birthday party
Description:
words and music by Harry C. Talbert
Waltz for voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels
Year:
1884
Contributor:
Talbert, Harry C. (composer)
Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels (performer)
T.B. Harms & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance > Songs and music
Waltzes
Songs with piano
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Black Annie
Description:
words and music by Hillman and Perrin
For voice and piano
Caption title
Year:
1897
Contributor:
Hillman (composer)
Perrin (lyricist)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Bom-ba-shay::
coon song and refrain
Description:
by Max Hoffman [i.e. Hoffmann]
For voice and piano
Cover title
Composer's name appears as "Hoffmann" in caption
Introduced by: Miss Attie Spencer
Also sung …
Year:
1897
Contributor:
Hoffmann, Max, 1873-1963 (composer)
Spencer, Attie (performer)
DeHaven & Mai (performer)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Subject:
DeHaven & Mai
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Close dem windows::
the great end song
Description:
words and music by James Bland
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title
"To J.H. Woods."
Cover illustration: Lithograph of James Bland, 3 scenes …
Year:
1879
Contributor:
Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911 (composer)
White-Smith Music Pub. Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Bland, James A. (James Allen) > 1854-1911
African Americans > Songs and music
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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De color'd fancy ball
Description:
For men's voices (TTB) and piano.
Caption title.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847 by Firth & Hall..."--Cover.
Additional verse printed …
Contributor:
Ethiopian Serenaders (performer)
William Hall & Son (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Pell, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Ward) > 1824 or 5-1872
Harrington, George A. > d. 1859
White, William
Stanwood, Moody G. > fl. 1847
Germon, Francis > fl. 1844-1847?
African American dance
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Come and meet us dar::
Ethiopian song & dance
Description:
words by Annie Lichter; music by Fred Sperry
For voice and piano
Caption title
Pages 1-4 are unnumbered
Advertisement for other songs: p. [6]
Library's …
Year:
1888
Contributor:
Sperry, Fred (composer)
Lichter, Annie (lyricist)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance > Songs and music
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Come to de ole gum tree
Description:
written and composed by Frank Spencer.
For voice and piano.
Caption title.
Pages 3-7 are also numbered 96-100.
Sung by: the Christy Minstrels.
Additional verses: …
Contributor:
Spencer, Frank (composer)
Delnoce, L. (Louis), d. 1888 (illustrator)
Christy Minstrels (performer)
William Vanderbeek (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Coon Hollow capers::
march and two step
Description:
words by W. Murdock Lind which may be sung ad lib.; music by Frank R. Gillis
March and two-step for voice and piano
Caption title …
Year:
1899
Contributor:
Gillis, Frank R. (composer)
Lind, W. Murdoch (lyricist)
Connor & Gillis (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American dance
Marches (Voice with piano)
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Coon's breach of promise::
song and cake walk
Description:
words by Frank N. Scott; music by Chas. D. Blake
For voice and piano
Caption title
Cover printed in blue ink
Library's copy 1 autographed …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Blake, Charles D. (Charles Dupee), 1847-1903 (composer)
Scott, Frank N. (lyricist)
Blake, Charles D. (Charles Dupee), 1847-1903 (signer)
F. Trifet, publisher (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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The coons' excursion::
song, chorus, and dance
Description:
written and composed by Rudolph O. Goldsmith
For voice and piano
Caption title
Year:
1886
Contributor:
Goldsmith, Rudolph O. (composer)
Goldsmith Publishing Co. (Bennington, Vt.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon
Description:
words by Will J. Hart; music by Ed. Nelson
For voice and piano
Caption title
Advertisement for "Just you": p. [4]
Cover illustration: soldiers watching …
Year:
1918
Contributor:
Nelson, Ed G., 1886- (creator)
Hart, Will J. (William J.) (lyricist)
Walton, E. E. (illustrator)
A.J. Stasny Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Popular music > United States
World War, 1914-1918 > Songs and music
African American dance
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Dancing on de kitchen floor::
the darkies' jubilee: song and dance
Description:
James Bland
For voice, piano and 4-part chorus
Caption title
"Dedicated to the "Big Four," Smith, Waldron, Cronin and Martin"--Cover
Publisher's list of music: p. …
Year:
1880
Contributor:
Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911 (creator)
Blood (illustrator)
White-Smith Music Pub. Co. (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Dar's a new coon weddin'
Description:
words & music by A.S. MacKenzie
For voice and piano
Caption title
Page 4 is unnumbered
Advertisements for other songs: p. [2, 6]
Cover illustration: …
Year:
1897
Contributor:
MacKenzie, A. S. (composer)
White-Smith Music Pub. Co. (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Marriage > Songs and music
African American dance > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Darktown dancin' school::
song
Description:
lyric by Jack Yellen; music by Albert Gumble
For voice and piano
Caption title
"As introduced by the Farber Sisters in 'Sinbad'"--Cover
Cover illustration: drawing …
Year:
1920
Contributor:
Gumble, Albert, 1883-1946 (composer)
Yellen, Jack (lyricist)
Starmer (illustrator)
Farber sisters (performer)
Jerome H. Remick & Co. (Detroit, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject:
Farber Sisters
African American dance
Dance > Study and teaching > Songs and music
Dance > United States
Musicals
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Darktown is out to-night::
from the great success "Clorindy", or, "The origin of the cake walk" (by Dunbar & Marion): Cake walk song and chorus
Description:
words and music by Will. Marion
For voice and piano
Cover title
At head of title: Introduced in E.E. Rice's "Summer nights"
"Witmark popular publications" …
Year:
1898
Contributor:
Marion, Will (composer)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Social life and customs > Songs and music
African American dance
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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The darktown strutters' ball
Description:
words and music by Shelton Brooks
For voice and piano.
Caption title
Variant advertisements
Cover illustration: photograph of Mable Burke; drawing of Afro-Americans dancing / …
Year:
1917
Contributor:
Brooks, Shelton, 1886- (composer)
Leo Feist, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Burke, Mabel
Cook, Joe
Mortan, Eddie
Santly, Joseph H. > 1886-1962
Norton, Ruby
Seeley, Blossom > 1891-1974
Ward, Will. J.
Weston, Willy
Moore and Gerald
African American dance
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
The darktown strutters' ball
Description:
words and music by Shelton Brooks
For voice and piano
Caption title
Variant advertisements
Cover illustration: photograph of Mable Burke; drawing of Afro-Americans dancing / …
Year:
1917
Contributor:
Brooks, Shelton, 1886- (composer)
Leo Feist, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Burke, Mabel
Cook, Joe
Mortan, Eddie
Santly, Joseph H. > 1886-1962
Norton, Ruby
Seeley, Blossom > 1891-1974
Ward, Will. J.
Weston, Willy
Moore and Gerald
African American dance
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
The darktown strutters' ball
Description:
words and music by Shelton Brooks
For voice and piano
Caption title
Variant advertisements
Cover illustration: photograph of Mable Burke; drawing of Afro-Americans dancing / …
Year:
1917
Contributor:
Brooks, Shelton, 1886- (composer)
Leo Feist, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Burke, Mabel
Cook, Joe
Mortan, Eddie
Santly, Joseph H. > 1886-1962
Norton, Ruby
Seeley, Blossom > 1891-1974
Ward, Will. J.
Weston, Willy
Moore and Gerald
African American dance
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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