The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. PorterWesley, Dorothy Porter
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The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter
Wesley, Dorothy Porter
African Americans -- Bibliography
1347
Chambers, Herbert A., _ed._ The treasury of Negro spirituals.
[Foreword by Marian Anderson] New York, Emerson Books [1963,
c1959] 125 p. illus. M1670.C45T7
Contains 30 well-known spirituals, arranged for voice and
piano, and six modern compositions, two of which are arranged
for male quartet.
1348
Charters, Samuel B. The bluesmen; the story and the music of the
men who made the blues. New York, Oak Publications [1967+]
illus., music, ports. [ML3561.J3C425] [TR: ML3561.B63C5]
Contents.—v. 1. "The singers and the styles from Mississippi,
Alabama, and Texas up to the Second World War, with a brief
consideration of some of the traceable relationships between
the blues and African song."
1349
Courlander, Harold. Negro folk music, U.S.A. New York, Columbia
University Press, 1963. 324 p. illus., music. ML3556.C7
"The music" (melodies with words): p. [221]-287.
Bibliography: p. [299]-301. Discography: p. [302]-308.
1350
Dennison, Tim. The American Negro and his amazing music. New
York, Vantage Press [1963] 76 p. ML3556.D45
1351
Dett, Robert Nathaniel, _ed._ Religious folk-songs of the Negro
as sung at Hampton Institute. Hampton, Va., Hampton Institute
Press, 1927. xxvii, 236 p. M1670.H3 1927
1352
Fisher, Miles M. Negro slave songs in the United States. New
York, Russell & Russell [1968, c1953] xv, 223 p. ML3556.F58 1968
Foreword by Ray Allen Billington.
Includes texts of the songs, without the music.
Bibliography: p. 193-213.
Reprint also issued by Citadel Press, 1963.
1353
Handy, William C., _ed._ Blues; an anthology. With an
introduction by Abbe Niles. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.
New York, A. & C. Boni, 1926. 180 p. illus. M1630.18.H26B5 1926
[ML30.25e.H35]
Music: p. 49-180.
1354
Handy, William C., _ed._ A treasury of the blues; complete words
and music of 67 great songs from Memphis blues to the present
day. With an historical and critical text by Abbe Niles. With
pictures by Miguel Covarrubias. [New York?] C. Boni; distributed
by Simon and Schuster [1949] 258 p. illus. M1630.18.H26B5 1949
First ed. published in 1926 under title: _Blues, an
Anthology._
"A selective bibliography": p. 254-255.
1355
Hare, Maud C. Negro musicians and their music. Washington,
Associated Publishers [1936] 439 p. plates, ports. ML3556.H3N4
[TR: Cuney-Hare, Maud]
Includes music.
Bibliography: p. 419-423.
1356
Hayes, Roland. My songs; Aframerican religious folk songs
arranged and interpreted by Roland Hayes. Boston, Little, Brown,
1948. 128 p. M1670.H4M9
"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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