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Africa - Music:

Jones, Bessie. . FOR THE ANCESTORS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES.
Urbana 1983 University of Illinois. Collected and Edited by John Stewart. 8vo., 203pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (mu247)
$20.00 Elson, Louis. . CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC; A COLLECTION OF FACTS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN REGARDING THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT AND SAVAGE NATIONS.
Boston 1880 1st Ditson. Chapters on Hindu, Egyptian, Chinese, Japanese, African music.Sm.8vo., 363pp., vi pp., index, hardcover. Ex-library. Good. (mu123)
$20.00 Marsh, J. B. T. . STORY OF THE JUBILEE SINGERS WITH THEIR SONGS
Boston 1883 Revised. Includes words and music of 128 spirituals. Sm.8vo., 265pp., original photograph of this famous black singing group from Fisk University, Nashville, is mounted as frontispiece, hardcover. Owner signed on reverse side of frontis. Good, cover soiled and rubbed. (mu303)
$42.00 Wolfe, Jacques. . THREE NEGRO POEMS BY CLEMENT WOOD - GWINE TO HEBBN'N
NY 1928 Schirmer. Set for Medium or Low Voice and Piano. 4to., 11pp. Sheet music. Good, some marks on music, spine taped. (mu617)
$35.00 Torrend, J. SJ . BANTU FOLKLORE FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA
London 1921 1st Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Texts collected with the help of the phonograph and English translations. Hardcover. Octavo, 187pp., texts with brief musical scores, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4559)
$39.00 sheet music . SOON AH WILL BE DONE
Tuskegee Institute 1934. Tuskegee Choir Series edited by Wm. Dawson. 4 parts for male voices. 8vo., wraps. Good, some ink notes on front cover. (a5327)
$29.00 (music) . AT THE END OF A RAINBOW
NY 1958 (copyright) Criterion Music Corp. Lyrics by Sid Jacobson and Music by Jimmy Krondes. 4to., front cover has photo illustration of Earl Grant, wraps. VG. (a9462)
$22.00 Blacking, John . VENDA CHILDREN'S SONGS A STUDY IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Johannesburg 1967 Witwatersrand University. Rural area in Northern Transvaal. Sm.4to., 210pp., photo illustrations, foldout chart, index, hardcover. VG, corner gently bumped, in Good DJ, worn, some chips. (a13553)
$49.00 Wolfe, Jacques . THREE NEGRO POEMS BY CLEMENT WOOD - DE GLORY ROAD
NY 1928 Schirmer. Set for Medium or Low Voice and Piano. 4to., 15pp. Sheet music. Good, some blue pencil marks on music. (a26034)
$35.00 Ames, David W. and Anthony v. King . GLOSSARY OF HAUSA MUSIC AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXTS
Evanston 1971 Northwestern. 8vo., 184pp., 18 photo illustrations, hardcover. near Fine, no DJ. (a27418)
$29.00 Jone, Leroi . BLACK MUSIC
NY 1967. 8vo., 221pp., index. Fine in Fine DJ. (a28124)
$80.00 de Lerma, Dominique Rene . BLACK MUSIC IN OUR CULTURE
Oberlin 1970 Kent State University. 8vo., 263pp., index, hardcover. Owner inscribed and signed on the title page. Fine in VG DJ. (a28126)
$50.00 Davis, Ruth . CULTURAL POLICY AND THE TUNISIAN MALUF: REDEFINING A TRADITION
Champaign 1997. In Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology, at pp.1-21. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. Fine. (a31056a)
$35.00 Giorgetti, P. Filiberto . MUSICANA AFRICANA SUA TECNICA E ACUSTICA
Bologna 1957. In Italian. Museum Combonianum No. 10. 4to., 128pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, some wear to spine, light soiling, wear on wraps. (a32703)
$75.00 Jones, A. M. . AFRICAN MUSIC IN NORTHERN RHODESIA AND SOME OTHER PLACES
Livingstone 1949 1st. Rhodes-Livingston Museum Occasional Papers No. 4. 8vo., 78pp., foldout chart, wraps. Book purchase receipt tipped onto half title. Good. (a33499)
$45.00 Talley, Thomas W. . NEGRO FOLK RHYMES WISE AND OTHERWISE WITH A STUDY
Port Washington 1968 Kennikat. Reprint of 1992 edition. Sm.8vo., 347pp., cloth. Institution stamp on fore-edges. VG, new endpapers. (a49955)
$35.00 Lecuona, Ernesto . Danzas Afro-Cubanas; suite of Afro-Cuban dances for piano
NY 1932. Marks. Sheet music. 4to., 24pp., illustrated wraps. VG. (a52610)
$35.00 (african music) . AFRICAN MUSIC JOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY VOLUME 4 1966-1970 (4 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
South Africa 1966-1970. 4 issues bound in volume with original covers included. Octavo, about 100-130pp. per issue, some illustrations, black buckram. University stamps on fore-edges and on a few covers. Near Fine. (a65997)
$120.00 (african music) . AFRICAN MUSIC JOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY VOLUME 5 1971-1976 (4 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
South Africa 1971-1976. 4 issues bound in volume with original covers included. Octavo, about 100-130pp. per issue, some illustrations, black buckram. University stamps on fore-edges and on a few covers. Near Fine. (a65998)
$120.00 Namalobozi, Awamu . ENYIMBA EZOKUTENDEREZA KATONDA (LUGANDA HYMN BOOK WITH TUNES)
Kampala 1928 1st Uganda Bookshop. Octavo, 368pp., index, original red cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. Scarce. (a69720)
$225.00 Tracey, Hugh . CHOPI MUSICIANS THEIR MUSIC, POETRY AND INSTRUMENTS
London 1948 International African Institute. hardcover. Octavo. Photo illus. 180p. Two large foldout maps. Good plus, some rippling in text. Binding secure and book clean; no ownership marks, no dj. (a73147)
$54.00 Estreicher, Zygmunt . LE RYTHME DES PEULS BORORO
Paris 1964. In French. Octavo, pp.185-228, numerous musical score examples, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion. Near Fine. (a79055)
$39.00 Schaeffner, Andre . LE TAMBOUR-SUR-CADRE QUADRANGULAIRE CHEZ LES NOIRS D'AFRIQUE ET D'AMERIQUE
Paris 1964. In French. Octavo, pp.229-248, 1 plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion. Near Fine. (a79056)
$35.00 Marais, Josef . SONGS FROM THE VELD 14 SONGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
NY 1942 (copyright) Schirmer. Music score for piano and voice. Lyrics in Africaans and English. 4to., 32pp., original wraps. Review copy. Fine. (a80572)
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