Box 1
Contains 50 Results:
Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York City) ephemera, 1940-1942, undated
This file includes four items: an undatded, blank postcard featuring images of the church and a brief discussion of its history; two programs; and a printed tri-fold sermon. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was the minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church during this time.
"Who Knows?," music by Ernest R. Ball, poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar , 1918
This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.
"Ain't Cha Coming Back, Mary Ann to Maryland," lyrics by Noble Sissle, music by Eubie Blake, 1919
This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.
"De Gospel Train," by Noble Cain , 1938
"De Gospel Train" is a spiritual written by composer Noble Cain.
"He's Using Me," written by Rev. James Cleveland, arranged by Roberta Martin , 1955
"He's Using Me" is a spiritual written by James Cleveland and arranged by Roberta Martin.
"Concert in Aid of The Home for Aged Colored Women" concert program, March 8, 1893
This series contains ephemera - such as flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, postcards, and programs - featuring performances, plays, Sunday morning services, and more.
"There is a Balm in Gilead," edited and arranged by William L. Dawson , 1949
This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.
"Mood Indigo," music and lyrics by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Albany Bigard , 1931
This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.
"Try Jesus," written by Rev. Robert T. George , 1976
This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.
W.C. Handy sheet music, 1914-1969
2 copies of "Saint Louis Blues"
1 copy of "Beale Street Blues"
1 copy of "Way Down South Where the Blues Began"