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
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Lomax, John A., _and_ Alan Lomax, _eds._ Negro folk songs as
sung by Lead Belly, "king of the twelve-string guitar players of
the world," long-time convict in the penitentiaries of Texas and
Louisiana. New York, Macmillan Co., 1936. xiv, 242 p. port.
ML1670.L84N4
"The main body of the song-texts consists of transcriptions
from records we made with an instantaneous aluminum recording
machine, the property of the Archive of American Folk-song of
the Library of Congress. This machine and these records were
used through the courtesy of the Library of Congress. Dr.
George Herzog transcribed the melodies, as herein printed,
from these same discs."—Introduction, p. xiii.
1368
Lucas, John. Basic jazz on long play. The great soloists:
ragtime, folksong, blues, jazz, swing, and the great bands: New
Orleans, swing, dixieland. Northfield, Minn., Carleton Jazz
Club, Carleton College, 1954. 103 p. (Carleton College,
Northfield, Minn. Carleton Jazz Club. Bulletin no. 1)
ML3561.J3L78
1369
Nathan, Hans. Dan Emmett and the rise of early Negro minstrelsy.
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1962] xiv, 496 p. illus.,
facsims. ML410.E5N4
Includes unaccompanied melodies.
"Bibliography of the works of D. D. Emmett": p. 290-306.
"Anthology" (principally melodies with piano accompaniment):
p. [311]-491.
1370
Niles, John J. Singing soldiers. Illustrated by Margaret
Thorniley Williamson. New introduction by Leslie Shepard.
Detroit, Singing Tree Press, 1968. 171 p. illus. M1629.M675S45
1968
First published in 1927 by C. Scribner’s Sons, New York. "Now
reissued."
Contains both accompanied and unaccompanied melodies with
words.
1371
Odum, Howard W., _and_ Guy B. Johnson. The Negro and his songs;
a study of typical Negro songs in the South. Hatboro, Pa.,
Folklore Associates, 1964 [c1925] xix, 306 p. ML3556.O3 1964
"Reprinted from the original ed. of 1925."
"Select bibliography of Negro folk songs": p. [297]-300.
1372
Patterson, Lindsay, _comp._ The Negro in music and art. New
York, Publishers Co. [1967] xvi, 304 p. illus., facsims., ports.
(International library of Negro life and history) ML3556.P38
Published under the auspices of the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History.
Bibliography: p. [291]-296.
1373
Ramsey, Frederic. Been here and gone. New Brunswick, N.J.,
Rutgers University Press [1960] 177 p. illus. ML3556.R3
1374
Ramsey, Frederic, _and_ Charles E. Smith, _eds._ Jazzmen. New
York, Harcourt, Brace [1959, c1939] 360 p. illus. (A Harvest
book, 30) ML3561.J3R3 1959
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