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Contains 13 Results:

Songs of Free Men album performed by Paul Robeson , 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This file contains the original LP records holder as well as 4 LP records with two songs on each record. The songs include:

"The Four Insurgent Generals"

"The Peet-Bog Soldiers"

"From Border to Border"

"Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don"

"Native Land"

"Songs of the Plains"

"Joe Hill"

"The Purest Kind of Guy"

Dates: 1942

"Emmett J. Welch and his African Warblers Singing: The Message of The Honeymoon," lyrics by Al Dubin and H.R. Curtis, music by Jos. A. Burke , 1912

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Copyright: 1912

James Reese Europe And His Famous 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band sheet music, 1919

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

1 copy of "Mirandy (That Gal O' Mine)", music and lyrics by James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, and Eubie Blake (1919)

1 copy of "On Patrol in No Man's Land", music and lyrics by James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, and Eubie Blake (1919)

Dates: Copyright: 1919

"Plantation Songs with Choruses," music and lyrics by Alfred Scott-Gatty, 1894

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Copyright: 1894

John Rosamund Johnson and James Weldon Johnson sheet music, 1901, 1920

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

1 copy of "Lift Every Voice and Sing (National Negro Hymn)", lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, music by J. Rosamund Johnson (1920)

1 copy of "Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon", lyrics by J.W. Johnson and Bob Cole, music by Rosamund Johnson (1901)

Dates: Copyright: 1901, 1920

"Trabel On - Burlesque March for Piano From American Negro Suite," music and lyrics by Thorvald Otterstrom, 1917

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Copyright: 1917

"The Tuskegee Institute March," music and lyrics by Nathaniel Clark Smith , 1910

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: Copyright: 1910

Bayard Rustin Sings Twelve Spirituals on The Life of Christ with readings from the Bible by James Farmer, 1952

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents This file contains the original LP record holder. Songs include:"Go Tell It on the Mountain""Mary, What You Goin' To Name That Baby?""Wasn't That A Mighty Day?""I Know The Lord's Laid His Hands On Me""Shepherd, Where'd You Lose Your Sheep? "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child""Jesus Walked His Lonesome Valley""Were You There When They Crucified My...
Dates: 1952

Zion Hill Gospel Chorus "An Evening With Negro Composers" concert program, circa 1940-1949

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Item is a concert program entitled "An Evening With Negro Composers" performed by the Zion Hill Gospel Chorus. This chorus was affiliated with the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

Dates: circa 1940-1949

Zion Hill Gospel Chorus "An Evening with Negro Composers" concert program, circa 1940-1949

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains ephemera - such as flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, postcards, and programs - featuring performances, plays, Sunday morning services, and more.

Dates: circa 1940-1949