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Baklanoff, Joy Driskell. THE CELEBRATION OF A FEAST: MUSIC, DANCE AND POSSESSION TRANCE IN THE BLACK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST FOOTWASHING RITUAL - article in one complete issue of ETHNOMUSICOLOGY , Fall 1987
Ann Arbor, Mich. 1987 first edition. octavo wraps. Baklanoff article pp. 381-394. Other articles in issue as well. Near Fine, no owner marks. (a104974a)
$35.00Burleigh, H. T.. NEGRO SPIRITUALS ARRANGED FOR SOLO VOICE: SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT - HIGH VOICE SCORE
NY 1917 Ricordi. Music score for piano and high voice. 4to., 6pp., blue wraps. Fine. (a19460)
$22.00Frey, Hugo. FAMOUS NEGRO SPIRITUALS
NY 1924. 25 spirituals, transcribed and arranged by Frey. 4to., 48pp., wraps. Good plus, some wear. Includes: Deep River, Didn't My Lord deliver Daniel, Ev'ry Time I feel the Spirit, etc. (a22732)
$29.00Wolfe, 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. VG plus. clean, no owner marks. slight toning. (a26034)
$25.00Burleigh, H. T.. NEGRO SPIRITUALS ARRANGED FOR SOLO VOICE : I STOOD ON DE RIBBER OB JERDON - MUSIC SCORE FOR HIGH VOICE (I STOOD ON THE RIVER OF JORDAN)
NY 1918 Ricordi. 4to.,6p., blue wraps. Fine. (a47245)
$22.00Fisher, William Arms, Harvey B Gaul, J. Rosamond Johnson and Charles Fonteyn Manney (arrangers). TEN NEGRO SPIRITUALS
Boston 1925 Ditson. Sheet music with lyrics. 4to, 32pp., wraps. Stamped "Advertising Copy" on front. A few small ink numbers on front. Fine. (a49995)
$39.00Cadman, Charles Wakefield. DARK DANCERS OF THE MARDI GRAS, FANTASY FOR ORCHESTRA WITH PIANO
NY 1938 Affiliated. Study score (music only). Sm.4to., 51pp., printed wraps. Review copy. A few small ink numbers on front. VG. (a50002)
$45.00 Rodeheaver . RODEHEAVER'S NEGRO SPIRITUALS
1923 Rodeheaver. Music and lyrics. Sm.4to., 51pp., wraps. A few small ink numbers on front. VG plus. (a50011)
$50.00sheet music. SOON-AH WILL BE DONE (Male Chorus)
Tuskegee Institute 1934. Tuskegee Choir Series edited by Wm. Dawson. sm4to. 11p. 4 parts for male voices. wraps. Good Plus, some ink notes on front cover. (a5327)
$29.00Burleigh, H.T.. NEGRO SPIRITUALS - HEAV'N HEAV'N FOR LOW VOICE
NY 1921 (copyright). 4to., 6pp., wraps. Good, some wear and light soiling. (a59619)
$23.00 (minstrels) . TWO ETHIOPIAN FARCES - MISHAPS OF CAESAR CRUM ; DESDEMONUM
New York c. 1874. Happy Hours Company. 2 titles. 12mo., 14pp., 8pp., later wraps. Original pages professionally relaid. Fair, quite worn. Rare. 2 titles. (a61259)
$120.00 Ellington, Duke . STORMY WEATHER
Sheet music. Lg.4to., 5pp., very attractive 1930s style pink and black wraps. Small owner signature on front. VG plus. (a68974)
$35.00 (William Grant Still) . A BIRTHDAY OFFERING TO WILLIAM GRANT STILL UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY
New York 1975. One complete issue of The Black Perspective in Music. Octavo, pp. 132-240. photo illustrations, original wraps. Fine. (a79353)
$30.00 Nzewi, Meki . SOME SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES OF IGBO TRADITIONAL THEATRE
New York 1978. Article at pp. 113-142 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79361)
$27.00 Kofsky, Frank . THE STATE OF JAZZ
New York 1977. Article at pp. 44-66 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79363a)
$29.00 Southern, Eileen . FRANK JOHNSON AND HIS PROMENADE CONCERTS
New York 1977. Article at pp. 3-30 in single complete issue of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, edited by Eileen Southern. Several other articles in same issue. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a79363b)
$29.00 Turner, Patricia . AFRO-AMERICAN SINGERS: AN INDEX AND PRELIMINARY DISCOGRAPHY OF OPERA, CHORAL MUSIC AND SONG
Minneapolis 1977 1st Challenge. Hardcover. Octavo, 255pp., cloth. Near Fine, ink remainder dot on top fore-edge, in Good DJ, 2 inch chip. (a82147)
$35.00 Fisher, William Arms . LITTLE WHEEL A-TURIN' IN MY HEART FOR HIGH VOICE, IN F - AMERICAN NEGRO MELODIES ARRANGED FOR VOICE AND PIANO
Boston 1919 (copyright). Sheet music for piano and voice (with lyrics.) 4to., 5p., wraps. Stamped "For the Press." VG plus. (a88440)
$29.00Burleigh, H. T.. NEGRO SPIRITUALS ARRANGED FOR SOLO VOICE : I STOOD ON DE RIBBER OB JERDON - MUSIC SCORE FOR LOW VOICE (I STOOD ON THE RIVER OF JORDAN)
NY 1918 Ricordi. 4to., 6p. blue wraps. Fine. (a88466)
$22.00Ebbert, Blanche Gould. SWEET ANGEL WHISPER LOW
Brooklyn, NY copyright 1900. first edition. Sterling Piano Co. Folio. wraps. Cover design by A H C shows Afro-American crowd cheering an Afro-American speaker or minister on a platform. 5p. Piano score with lyrics to this Black Spiritual. Near Good, frayed on edge; lightly toned overall. no ownership marks. (a89226)
$29.00 Gaul, Harvey B . NEGRO SPIRITUALS ARRANGED BY HARVEY GAUL - GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAINS (for low voice)
Boston. copyright 1933. Ditso. 4to. wraps. 5p. Good, no ownership marks. Sheet music for piano and lyrics for voice. (a89234)
$22.00Southern, Eileen (editor). THE BLACK PERSPECTIVE IN MUSIC - SPRING 1973 - VOLUME ONE NUMBER ONE
New York 1973. One complete issue of this journal. 103p. Articles include: Study of African and Afro-American Music by Kwabena Nketia; Afro-American Musical Materials by Eileen Southern; Task of Music Education i nAfrica by Mosunmola Omibibiyi; The Black-American Composer by Olly Wilson; Interviews with Eubie Blake and Marion Brown and more. Octavo, original printed wraps. Fine. (a94611)
$35.00 (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)
$25.00Jones, 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)
$23.00Wolfe, 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)
$25.00