Context of Use: Black Music in Non-Black Contexts

90 volumes

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

First page of Spirituelles

Spirituelles (1873)

The Carolina Singers

First page of Sunshine for Sunday-Schools

Sunshine for Sunday-Schools (1873)

P. P. Bliss

First page of Sweet Fields of Eden

Sweet Fields of Eden (1882)

J. H. Tenney | Aldine S. Kieffer | Wm. B. Blake

First page of Tears and Triumphs

Tears and Triumphs (1910)

L. L. Pickett | Wm. Edie Marks | B. F. Butts

First page of The Bread of Life Songs

The Bread of Life Songs (1909)

John T. Benson | Mrs. John T. Benson

First page of The Eureka Evangel

The Eureka Evangel (1912)

W. O. Cooper | J. M. Vines | S. J. Oslin | C. B. Widmeyer | Wm. M. Hays | A. H. Gregory | W. W. Slater | P. H. Coleman | V. P. Burks | George Kyme | J. C. Riley | R. H. Cunningham | R. H. Brooks

First page of The Eureka Sunlight Glees

The Eureka Sunlight Glees (1913)

S. J. Oslin | G. L. Young | J. T. Lane

First page of The Glory Crown

The Glory Crown (1900)

Emmett S. Dean

First page of The Golden Sunshine

The Golden Sunshine (1911)

H. A. R. Horton | L. Q. C. Taylor

First page of The Harp of Glory

The Harp of Glory (1911)

W. T. Dale | H. A. R. Horton

First page of The Master's Praise

The Master's Praise (1925)

John H. Jones | B. D. Ackley

First page of The Most Popular Plantation Songs

The Most Popular Plantation Songs (1911)

Gilbert Clifford Noble

First page of The Revival

The Revival (1890)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of The Revival No. 2

The Revival No. 2 (1896)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of The Revival No. 4

The Revival No. 4 (1903)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of The Royal Proclamation

The Royal Proclamation (1886)

Aldine S. Kieffer | William B. Blake

First page of The Song Herald

The Song Herald (1876)

H. R. Palmer

First page of The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of Bethlehem (1889)

J. H. Hall | J. H. Ruebush

First page of The White Ribbon Hymnal

The White Ribbon Hymnal (1892)

Anna A. Gordon

First page of The Zion Songster No. 1

The Zion Songster No. 1 (1885)

Aldine S. Kieffer

First page of The Zion Songster No. 1

The Zion Songster No. 1 (1885)

Aldine S. Kieffer

First page of Three Negro Songs

Three Negro Songs (1912)

Will Marion Cook

First page of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School, for Training Colored Teachers, at Tuskegee, Alabama

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School, for Traini… (1884)

Helen W. Ludlow

First page of Twenty-Four Negro Melodies

Twenty-Four Negro Melodies (1905)

S. Coleridge-Taylor

First page of University Singers of New Orleans

University Singers of New Orleans (1878)

University Singers of New Orleans

First page of Vocal Concert by The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. at Music Hall

Vocal Concert by The Jubilee Singers of Fisk Univ… (1873)

The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University

First page of Wait, my Children, Wait!

Wait, my Children, Wait! (1880)

C. R. Dekress

First page of Were You There?

Were You There? (1924)

H. T. Burleigh

First page of Windows of Heaven No. 7

Windows of Heaven No. 7 (1909)

J. B. Vaughan

First page of YMCA Gospel Songs

YMCA Gospel Songs (1890)

J. B. Herbert