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Away goes Cuffee, or, Hooray for '63
Description:
words & music by L.B. Starkweather
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Cover title
Cover illustration: engraving of head of Afro-American man incorporated in the …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Starkweather, L. B. (composer)
Greene, Henry (illustrator)
Oliver Ditson & Co. (publisher)
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Emancipation proclamation > Songs and music
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > Race relations
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Away goes Cuffee, or, Hooray for '63
Description:
words & music by L.B. Starkweather.
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Cover title.
Cover illustration: engraving of head of Afro-American man incorporated in the …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Starkweather, L. B. (composer)
Greene, H. F. (Henry F.), b. ca. 1828 (illustrator)
Oliver Ditson & Co (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
n-us---
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Songs and music
Emancipation proclamation > Songs and music
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > Race relations
Local ID:
LMu 9
Collection:
Brown University Library
Lincoln Sheet Music
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Come back Massa, come back!
Description:
words by I.W. Lucas; composed & arranged by Gomez
For voice, chorus (SATB), and piano
Cover title
"As sung by C. Henry at Wood's Minstrels, …
Year:
1863
Contributor:
G�omez (composer)
Lucas, I. W. (lyricist)
Henry, C. (performer)
William Hall & Son (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
Plantation life > Songs and music
African Americans > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Dey's all put on de blue::
song and chorus
Description:
words and music by Thos. P. Westendorf
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Caption title
Dedicated to: James A. Garfield
Year:
1880
Contributor:
Westendorf, Thomas P., 1848-1923 (creator)
Thos. P.I. Magoun (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) > 1831-1881 > Songs and music
African Americans > Suffrage > Songs and music
Political ballads and songs > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Emancipation day::
song
Description:
by C. St. John
For voice and piano
Cover title
"To G. Swaine Buckley"
Cover illustration: engraving of Afro-American dancing with a voting ticket in …
Year:
1875
Contributor:
St. John, C. (composer)
White, Smith & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > History > 1863-1877 > Songs and music
Emancipation proclamation > Songs and music
Freedmen > 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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The happy contraband
Description:
Emerson
For voice and piano
Caption title
Advertisement for other music: p. [6]
Year:
1864
Contributor:
Emerson (composer)
A.E. Blackmar, Music publisher (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Freedman > Songs and music
Contraband of war > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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I can't help dat::
taint my fault
Description:
written by Somebody; composed by Nobody
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Cover title
Dedicated to: Anybody
Sung by: Everybody
Additional verses: p. 5
Advertisement …
Year:
1862
Contributor:
Nobody (composer)
Somebody (lyricist)
D.P. Faulds (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Race identity > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
United States > Race relations
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Justice has stricken the chains from the slave::
solo & chorus
Description:
by A.C. Gutterman [sic.]
For solo voice, chorus (TATrebleB), and piano
Caption title
Year:
1863
Contributor:
Gutterson, A. C. (composer)
H.M. Higgins (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Popular music > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Little Sam
Description:
words and music by Will S. Hays
For voice, 4-part chorus, and piano
Caption title
Advertisements for other music: p. [1-2], [42]
Year:
1869
Contributor:
Hays, Will S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 (composer)
J.L. Peters (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Little Sam::
a new and popular Negro song and chorus
Description:
written and composed by Will. S. Hays
For voice, 4-part chorus, and piano
Cover title
"As sung by all the best minstrel troupes"--Cover
Also published …
Year:
1867
Contributor:
Hays, Will S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 (composer)
J.L. Peters (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
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Little Sam::
a new and popular Negro song and chorus
Description:
written and composed by Will. S. Hays
For voice, 4-part chorus, and piano
Cover title
"As sung by all the best minstrel troupes"--Cover
Dedicated "To …
Year:
1867
Contributor:
Hays, Will S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 (composer)
J.L. Peters (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
Little Sam::
a new and popular Negro song and chorus
Description:
written and composed by Will S. Hays
For voice, 4-part chorus, and piano
Cover title
"As sung by all the best minstrel troupes"--Cover
Advertisement for …
Year:
1867
Contributor:
Hays, Will S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 (composer)
J.L. Peters (Music publisher) (publisher)
Subject:
Freedmen > Songs and music
African Americans > History > 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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Sherman's march to the sea
Description:
Miss Mary L. Melott.
Caption title.
'Copyright 1876, by Mary L. Melott'--caption.
For voice and piano.
Reprint.
Lithographic cover illustration: bust portrait of Sherman; battle …
Year:
1882
Contributor:
Melott, Mary L. (composer)
Oliver Ditson & Co (publisher)
Genre:
sheet music
Subject:
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) > 1820-1891 > Songs and music
Songs with piano
Sherman's March to the Sea > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Songs and music
African Americans
Collection:
Brown University Library
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Full Record
Slavery days::
song and chorus
Description:
words by Ed. Harrigan; music by Dave Braham
For voice and piano
Cover title
Pages 1-3 are unnumbered; page number illegible on p. [5]
"Sung …
Year:
1876
Contributor:
Braham, David, 1838-1905 (composer)
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 (lyricist)
M. A. B (illustrator)
Wm. A. Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Harrigan & Hart (performer)
Subject:
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Slavery > United States > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
Slavery days::
song and chorus
Description:
words by Ed. Harrigan; music by Dave Braham
For voice and piano
Cover title
Pages 1-3 are unnumbered; page number illegible on p. [5]
"Performed …
Year:
1876
Contributor:
Braham, David, 1838-1905 (composer)
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 (lyricist)
Straeffer (illustrator)
M. A. B (illustrator)
Wm. A. Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (composer)
Harrigan & Hart (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Slavery > United States > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
Slavery days::
song and chorus
Description:
words by Ed. Harrigan; music by Dave Braham
For voice and piano
Cover title
Pages 1-3 are unnumbered; page number illegible on p. [5]
"Performed …
Year:
1876
Contributor:
Braham, David, 1838-1905 (composer)
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 (lyricist)
Straeffer (illustrator)
M. A. B (illustrator)
Wm. A. Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Harrigan & Hart (performer)
Subject:
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Slavery > United States > Songs and music
Popular music > United States
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
Slavery's passed away
Description:
words by Edward Harrigan; music by Dave Braham
For voice, piano, and chorus (SATB)
Cover title
At head of title: Songs in Harrigan's drama, "Pete" …
Year:
1887
Contributor:
Braham, David, 1838-1905 (composer)
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 (lyricist)
Wm. A. Pond & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > History > Songs and music
Slavery > United States > Songs and music
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
Popular music > United States
Musicals
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
That's what the niggers then will do::
answer to "Young Eph's lament"
Description:
words by Tom Russell; sung with immense success by John[n]y Allen, of Arlington, Kelly and Leon's Minstrels; music by Geo. H. Barton
For voice and …
Year:
1865
Contributor:
Barton, George H. (composer)
Russell, Tom, d. 1892 (lyricist)
Allen, Johnny, 1844-1885 (performer)
Arlington, Kelly and Leon's Minstrels (performer)
Lyon & Healy (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
That's what the niggers then will do::
answer to "Young Eph's lament"
Description:
words by Tom Russell; sung with immense success by John[n]y Allen, of Arlington, Kelly and Leon's Minstrels; music by Geo. H. Barton
For voice and …
Year:
1865
Contributor:
Barton, George H. (composer)
Russell, Tom, d. 1892 (lyricist)
Allen, Johnny, 1844-1885 (performer)
Arlington, Kelly and Leon's Minstrels (performer)
Oliver Ditson & Co (publisher)
Subject:
African Americans > Songs and music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
We'll be dar!::
a serio-comic song & chorus
Description:
words by Hal O'McCovey
For voice, chorus (SATB) and piano
Cover title
Cover illustration: 4 lithographs of Afro-Americans illustrating lyrics
Library's copy has retailer's stamp …
Year:
1871
Contributor:
Max (composer)
O'McCovey, Hal (lyricist)
Balmer & Weber (St. Louis, Mo.) (publisher)
Subject:
African American soldiers > Songs and music
African Americans > Suffrage > Songs and music
Slavery > United States > Fugitive slaves > Songs and music
Reconstruction > Songs and music
Popular music > United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
Collection:
Brown University Library
Representations of Blackness in Music of the United States (1830-1920)
Full Record
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