Borrow, Request, & Renew
Articles, Journals, & Databases
Research Help
Hours, Locations, & Events
Ask a Question Now
Off-Campus Access
My Library Account
Toggle navigation
Brown University Libary
Enter keywords to search library resources
Search in
All fields
Title
Author/Contributor
Subject
Search
Brown Digital Repository
Feedback
Discover...
Browse Collections
Deposited Content
Theses & Dissertations
Library Collections
Recently Added
About
I Want to...
Upload Something
Assign a DOI
Digitize Something
Consult on a project
Use an API
Read FAQs
Login
Search Results
Search within Collection
All Fields
Title
Author/Contributor
Subject
Search
Refine Your Search
Selected Facets
Keywords
Songs and music
Cancel selected facet
Keywords
Blues (Music)
Cancel selected facet
Format
15
notated music
Genre
2
sheet music
Keywords
1
1911-1920
9
African American composers
1
African American poets
11
African Americans
15
Blues (Music)
Show More...
×
Close
Keywords
1
1911-1920
9
African American composers
1
African American poets
11
African Americans
15
Blues (Music)
3
Family relationships
1
Gamblers
1
Piano music (Blues)
2
Popular music
1
Ragtime music
3
Soldiers
15
Songs and music
1
Songs with piano
3
World War, 1914-1918
×
Items
First Page
1
Last Page
Items (1-15) out of 15 results
20 per page
10
per page
20
per page
50
per page
100
per page
View
Normal
Gallery
The "St. Louis blues"
Description:
W.C. Handy
For voice and piano
Caption title
"The first successful 'blues' published"--Cover
"As played by Handy's orchestra"
Advertisements for another song: p. [6]
Melody of chorus from "The Jogo blues"
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (performer)
Pace & Handy Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
Baltimore blues:
novelty song
Description:
Title page illustration by Starmer of back view of a pianist playing on a grand piano
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920
Contributors:
Blake, Eubie, 1883-1983 (composer)
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975 (lyricist)
Starmer (illustrator)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Keywords:
Popular music
1911-1920
Songs with piano
Blues (Music)
Songs and music
Full Record
Full Record
Beale Street blues
Description:
by W.C. Handy
For voice and piano
Cover title
"As sung by Miss Gilda Gray in Shubert's gaieties of 1919"
Advertisement for other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: photograph of Gilda Gray
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Gray, Gilda, ca. 1898-1959 (performer)
Pace & Handy Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout the doggone blues::
but I'm happy
Description:
by Creamer and Layton
For voice and piano
Caption title
Sung by: Bert Williams, Ziegfield [sic] Follies 1917-1918
Advertisement for other songs: p. [4]
Cover illustration: cartoon drawings of faces / E.E. Walton
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Creamer, Henry, 1879-1930 (composer)
Layton, Turner (lyricist)
Walton, E. E. (illustrator)
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 (performer)
Broadway Music Corp. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
Popular music
African American composers
African American poets
Full Record
Full Record
Jazzin' the cotton town:
novelty song
Description:
Cover illustration: African American couples dance while a jazz band plays / Starmer
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920
Contributors:
Olson, Harry (composer)
Lewis, Roger, 1885-1948 (lyricist)
Starmer (illustrator)
M. Witmark & Sons (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Keywords:
Songs and music
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Piano music (Blues)
Ragtime music
Full Record
Full Record
Read 'em and weep::
"blues" song
Description:
words by Al Bernard; music by Walter Haenschen
For voice and piano
Cover title
Introduced by: Al Bernard
Advertisement for other songs: p. [4]
Cover illustration: photograph of Al Bernard
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Haenschen, Walter G., 1889- (composer)
Bernard, Al, 1888-1949 (lyricist)
Bernard, Al, 1888-1949 (performer)
Triangle Music Pub. Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Gamblers
Blues (Music)
Full Record
Full Record
St. Louis blues
Description:
words and music by W.C. Handy
For voice and piano, with chords for ukulele in D
Caption title
Featured by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
Advertisements for other songs: p. 3-5, [6]
Cover illustration: drawing of leaves / Barbelle; photograph of Rudy Vallee
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Barbelle, Albert W., 1888-1957 (illustrator)
Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (performer)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
St. Louis blues
Description:
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]
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Harris, Marion, 1896-1944 (performer)
Natwick (illustrator)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
St. Louis blues
Description:
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]
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Harris, Marion, 1896-1944 (performer)
Natwick (illustrator)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
St. Louis blues
Description:
words and music by W.C. Handy
For voice and piano, with chords for ukulele in D
Caption title
Featured by Paul Whiteman
Also published as solos and quartettes, instrumentals, orchestrations, and choral arrangement
Advertisements for other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: checkerboard and lined patterns / Barbelle; photograph of Paul Whiteman
Library's copy inscribed: Mrs. C.L. Ruppert
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (performer)
Barbelle, Albert W., 1888-1957 (illustrator)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
St. Louis blues
Description:
words and music by W.C. Handy
For voice and piano, with chords for ukulele in D
Caption title
Advertisements for other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: reproduction of 19th century engraving of view of St. Louis; cover designed by Barbelle
Library's copy has retailer's stamp on cover: Boston Music Company, Boston, Mass.
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Barbelle, Albert W., 1888-1957 (illustrator)
Handy Bros. Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
Who'll love you while I'm gone?
Description:
words and music by Maceo Pinkard.
Blues for voice and piano.
Caption title.
Advertisements for other songs: p. 3-[4]
War slogans: p. [4]
Cover illustration: man with guitar serenading woman at her window / K.
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Pinkard, Maceo, 1897-1962 (composer)
K. (illustrator)
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918
Songs and music
Soldiers
Family relationships
Blues (Music)
Full Record
Full Record
Who'll love you while I'm gone?
Description:
words and music by Maceo Pinkard.
Blues for voice and piano.
Caption title.
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Pinkard, Maceo, 1897-1962 (composer)
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918
Songs and music
Soldiers
Family relationships
Blues (Music)
Full Record
Full Record
Who'll love you while I'm gone?
Description:
words and music by Maceo Pinkard.
Blues for voice and piano.
Caption title.
Collection Title:
World War I Sheet Music: A Brown University Digital Collection
Contributors:
Pinkard, Maceo, 1897-1962 (composer)
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918
Songs and music
Soldiers
Family relationships
Blues (Music)
Full Record
Full Record
The yellow dog blues::
"he's gone where the Southern cross' the yellow dog"
Description:
W.C. Handy
For voice and piano
Caption title
Recorded by: the Joseph C. Smith Orchestra, featuring Harry Rederman
Advertisement for "Sweet child" and other songs: p. [6]
Cover illustration: drawing of yellow dogs singing; photographs of Joseph C. Smith and Harry Rederman [sic]
Library's cop. 1 inscribed: dp
Collection Title:
African American Sheet Music
Contributors:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (composer)
Raderman, Harry (performer)
Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra (performer)
Pace & Handy Music Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Keywords:
African Americans
Songs and music
Blues (Music)
African American composers
Full Record
Full Record
First Page
1
Last Page
Items (1-15) out of 15 results
×
Feedback
Loading...