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Context of Use: Black Music in Non-Black Contexts

164 volumes

Works that marketed music attributed to Black composers—or popularly associated with Black communities—primarily to non-Black consumers.

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First page of A Collection of 25 Selected Famous Negro Spirituals

A Collection of 25 Selected Famous Negro Spiritua… (1924)

Hugo Frey
First page of A Contraband Song

A Contraband Song

First page of Afro-American Folksongs

Afro-American Folksongs (1914)

Henry Edward Krehbiel
First page of Album of Negro Spirituals

Album of Negro Spirituals (1917)

H. T. Burleigh
First page of Album of Negro Spirituals

Album of Negro Spirituals (1917)

H. T. Burleigh
First page of Alexander's Male Choir

Alexander's Male Choir (1912)

Charles M. Alexander | International Association Quartette
First page of American Negro Folk-Songs

American Negro Folk-Songs (1928)

Newman I. White
First page of American Negro Melodies

American Negro Melodies (1919)

William Arms Fisher
First page of Angels, Meet Me at the Cross Roads

Angels, Meet Me at the Cross Roads (1875)

Will S. Hays
First page of A Song from Frederick Douglass

A Song from Frederick Douglass (1875)

First page of Best Revival Songs

Best Revival Songs (1924)

Albert C. Fisher
First page of Bethlehem's Star

Bethlehem's Star (1922)

First page of Bright Gems

Bright Gems (1923)

Will H. Ruebush | Samuel W. Beazley | James H. Ruebush
First page of Cabin and Plantation Songs

Cabin and Plantation Songs (1891)

Thomas P. Fenner | Frederic G. Rathbun
First page of Calhoun Plantation Songs

Calhoun Plantation Songs (1907)

Emily Hallowell
First page of Canaan Melodies

Canaan Melodies (1914)

Arthur F. Ingler
First page of Chant

Chant (1918)

Clarence Cameron White
First page of Christ Exalted in Song

Christ Exalted in Song (1924)

R. E. Winsett
First page of Christian Praise

Christian Praise (1925)

J. D. Patton | John O. Beall | J. H. Holcomb | J. B. Clements | J. W. Guin | A. C. Webb | J. S. Hendricks | M. L. Johnson | I. F. Jaudon | T. M. Horton | J. F. Anderson | W. A. Wadell | W. E. Lane | Chas. C. Moore | J. A. Perkins | J. G. Hamilton | J. R. Parker | W. V. Crump | Chas. W. Tate | M. C. Jones | E. L. Durrett | A. C. Neece | H. A. Perry | Wm. P. Davis | W. L. Renn | D. A. Camp
First page of Church Evangel

Church Evangel (1921)

Emmett S. Dean | Jas. W. Acuff | Wm. D. Evridge | J. W. Gaines
First page of Coleman's New Quartet Book

Coleman's New Quartet Book (1925)

Robert H. Coleman
First page of Cream of Song

Cream of Song (1906)

L. L. Pickett | O. B. Culpepper | Wm. Edie Marks
First page of Crowing Day No. 3

Crowing Day No. 3 (1898)

J. H. Ruebush | J. H. Hall | A. S. Kieffer | W. H. Ruebush
First page of Cumberland Hymns

Cumberland Hymns (1909)

W. T. Dale | H. A. R. Horton
First page of Darkey Spirituals

Darkey Spirituals (1918)

David W. Guion
First page of Deep River

Deep River (1916)

S. Coleridge-Taylor | Maud Powell | William Arms Fisher
First page of Deep River

Deep River (1924)

Hugo Frey
First page of De Geschiedenis van de Jubilee-Zangers met Hynne Liederen

De Geschiedenis van de Jubilee-Zangers met Hynne … (1877)

C. S. Adama Van Scheltema
First page of De Gospel Cars

De Gospel Cars (1880)

Sam Lucas
First page of Don't Leave Me Lawd [and] I Love Mary

Don't Leave Me Lawd [and] I Love Mary (1926)

William Reddick
First page of Eden Echoes

Eden Echoes (1906)

Emmett S. Dean | Jas. B. Franklin | B. B. Edmiaston | J. H. Sheppard
First page of Eight Negro Songs

Eight Negro Songs (1927)

Alfred J. Swan | Francis H. Abbot
First page of Eureka Jewels

Eureka Jewels (1914)

R. H. Brooks | L. Dow McDonald | W. O. Cooper | A. R. Hendon | C. Munroe Williams | C. M. Hubbard | J. T. Bynum | Glen Copeland | J. W. Waldrep | C. C. Stafford | W. R. Nigg | J. C. Pressley | B. F. Sims | C. J. Harris | R. P. Henderson | K. S. Martin | D. T. Shipp | G. F. Whitlow | S. O. Maner | M. W. Mathews[sic] | E. M. McCulluch | H. E. Huggins | D. R. Roper | C. H. La Croix | E. J. Bryant | A. C. Smith | W. M. Stoll | H. C. Shanks | Thos. R. Sweatmon | E. J. Jones | W. B. Griffith | E. L. Linch | H. F. Morris
First page of Evangel Light

Evangel Light (1920)

B. B. Bateman | G. M. Bateman
First page of Evangel Songs

Evangel Songs (1931)

First page of Fifty-Eight Spirituals for Choral Use

Fifty-Eight Spirituals for Choral Use (1924)

Hollis Dann | Harvey Worthington Loomis
First page of Folk Songs of the American Negro

Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907)

John W. Work | Frederick J. Work
First page of Folk Songs of the American Negro, Number Two

Folk Songs of the American Negro, Number Two (1907)

John W. Work | Frederick J. Work
First page of Forty Spirituals

Forty Spirituals (1932)

Walter Goodell
First page of Gems

Gems (1901)

L. L. Pickett | Geo. E. Kersey | O. B. Culpepper
First page of Glory Camp Special

Glory Camp Special (1925)

First page of Gospel Gleaner

Gospel Gleaner (1895)

Wm. J. Holtzclaw
First page of Grace and Glory Carols

Grace and Glory Carols (1924)

First page of Hampton And Its Students

Hampton And Its Students (1874)

M. F. Armstrong | Helen W. Ludlow | Thomas P. Fenner
First page of Harvest Hymns

Harvest Hymns (1924)

Robert H. Coleman
First page of Heavenly Echoes 4

Heavenly Echoes 4 (1915)

John B. Vaughan
First page of Heavenly Light No. 2

Heavenly Light No. 2 (1924)

R. N. Grisham | E. L. Faircloth | J. P. Thomason
First page of His Praise

His Praise (1916)

Charlie D. Tillman
First page of His Praise in Song

His Praise in Song (1922)

Thoro Harris
First page of Hymns of Glory No. 2

Hymns of Glory No. 2 (1914)

Hamp Sewell
First page of Jesus Songs

Jesus Songs (1906)

The Pentecostal Missionary Band
First page of Joy and Praise for Sunday-Schools

Joy and Praise for Sunday-Schools (1886)

R. A. Glenn | D. W. Crist
First page of Jubilee and Plantation Songs

Jubilee and Plantation Songs (1887)

First page of Jubilee Songs

Jubilee Songs (1872)

Biglow & Main
First page of Keep in de Middle ob de Road

Keep in de Middle ob de Road (1878)

Will S. Hays
First page of King Jesus Is A-Listening

King Jesus Is A-Listening (1925)

William L. Dawson
First page of Living Songs

Living Songs (1924)

James D. Vaughan
First page of Male Quartettes

Male Quartettes (1901)

J. H. Hall | W. H. Ruebush | J. H. Ruebush
First page of Marching to Zion

Marching to Zion (1922)

A. J. Showalter | J. D. Patton | T. B. Mosley | H. M. Eagle | B. B. Beall | J. R. Baxter | Jr. | L. D. Morris | H. C. Collins | W. S. Tidwell | R. Edwin Perry | W. T. Taylor | J. P. Denton
First page of McIntosh's Class and Chorus

McIntosh's Class and Chorus (1893)

R. M. McIntosh
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