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.

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 Chapel Book

The Chapel Book (1923)

John L. Hill

First page of The Cokesbury Hymnal

The Cokesbury Hymnal (1923)

Harold Hart Todd

First page of The Complete Church Hymnal

The Complete Church Hymnal (1925)

A. R. Walton | H. F. Morris | J. M. Henson

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 Gospel Echo

The Gospel Echo (1916)

David F. Nygren

First page of The Harp of Glory

The Harp of Glory (1911)

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

First page of The Herald

The Herald (1915)

Robert H. Coleman

First page of The Highway Hymnal

The Highway Hymnal (1919)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of The Jubilee

The Jubilee (1880)

Jubilee Singers

First page of The Master's Praise

The Master's Praise (1925)

John H. Jones | B. D. Ackley

First page of The Methodist Hymnal

The Methodist Hymnal (1905)

First page of The New Gospel Song Book

The New Gospel Song Book (1914)

G. H. P. Showalter | Austin Taylor

First page of The Popular Hymnal

The Popular Hymnal (1918)

Robert H. Coleman

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 Service Song Book

The Service Song Book (1917)

Clarence A. Barbour

First page of The Singing Campaign

The Singing Campaign (1875)

Gustavus D. Pike

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 Temple Hymnal

The Temple Hymnal (1918)

Robert H. Coleman

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 Victorious Songs

Victorious Songs (1921)

L. L. Pickett

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 Waves of Praise

Waves of Praise (1923)

B. B. Bateman | G. M. Bateman | J. Henry Showalter | B. N. Hultsman

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 World Revival Hymns

World Revival Hymns (1918)

Hamp Sewell

First page of World Wide Revival Songs

World Wide Revival Songs (1915)

C. P. Curry | Homer A. Rodeheaver | Chas. H. Gabriel

First page of World Wide Revival Songs Number Two

World Wide Revival Songs Number Two

The John Elward Brown Evangelistic Campaign

First page of YMCA Gospel Songs

YMCA Gospel Songs (1890)

J. B. Herbert