Context of Use: Secular Concerts

88 volumes

Works that include repertoire meant for concert performance outside the context of worship. This collection includes instances of traditionally sacred repertoire that has been recontextualized for co…

First page of A Contraband Song

A Contraband Song

First page of Album of Negro Spirituals

Album of Negro Spirituals (1917)

H. T. Burleigh

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 Blossoms of Song

Blossoms of Song (1894)

A. J. Showalter | Edward Roberts

First page of Bring the Answer Back to Me

Bring the Answer Back to Me (1894)

John Dillon | Harry Dillon

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 Class, Choir and Congregation

Class, Choir and Congregation (1888)

A. J. Showalter

First page of Coleman's New Quartet Book

Coleman's New Quartet Book (1925)

Robert H. Coleman

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 De Gospel Fair

De Gospel Fair (1895)

J. P. MacSweeny | J. E. Nicol

First page of Don't You Grieve After Me

Don't You Grieve After Me (1880)

Len. Fairfield

First page of Fillmore's Christian Choralist

Fillmore's Christian Choralist (1864)

Fillmore | A. D.

First page of Fillmores' Gospel Songs No. 2

Fillmores' Gospel Songs No. 2 (1902)

Palmer Hartsough | J. H. Fillmore

First page of Flower Praise

Flower Praise (1886)

Clara Louise Burnham | George F. Root

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 Forty Spirituals

Forty Spirituals (1932)

Walter Goodell

First page of Gems of Christmas Song

Gems of Christmas Song (1908)

Edith M. Lamb

First page of Glorious Praise

Glorious Praise (1892)

A. J. Showalter | Edwin Moore

First page of Gospel and Temperance Songs

Gospel and Temperance Songs (1878)

R. A. Kinzie | Chas. H. Gabriel

First page of Hampton And Its Students

Hampton And Its Students (1874)

M. F. Armstrong | Helen W. Ludlow | Thomas P. Fenner

First page of Jubilee and Plantation Songs

Jubilee and Plantation Songs (1887)

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 Lasting Hymns

Lasting Hymns (1906)

John A. Lee

First page of Male Quartettes

Male Quartettes (1901)

J. H. Hall | W. H. Ruebush | J. H. Ruebush

First page of McIntosh's Class and Chorus

McIntosh's Class and Chorus (1893)

R. M. McIntosh

First page of Mellows

Mellows (1925)

R. Emmet Kennedy

First page of Musical Notation

Musical Notation (1887)

R. M. McIntosh

First page of Nearer my God to thee!

Nearer my God to thee! (1881)

Otto Bollman

First page of O Lord, I Done Done

O Lord, I Done Done (1925)

Edward Boatner

First page of Our Song World

Our Song World (1884)

Geo. F. Root | C. C. Case

First page of Practical Anthems Vol. 6

Practical Anthems Vol. 6 (1900)

First page of Quartet Choir and Chorus

Quartet Choir and Chorus (1911)

J. E. Thomas | Thos. S. Cobb | N. W. Allphin | Alvis O. Thomas

First page of Quartets and Choruses

Quartets and Choruses (1913)

J. H. Fillmore | Henry Fillmore | Palmer Hartsough

First page of Recitations Song and Story

Recitations Song and Story (1900)

Stephen V. R. Ford

First page of Redeemer's Praise

Redeemer's Praise (1881)

T. C. O'Kane

First page of Religious Folk Songs of the Negro

Religious Folk Songs of the Negro (1909)

Thomas P. Fenner

First page of Rise, My Brothers, Rise!

Rise, My Brothers, Rise! (1880)

Fred. Lyons

First page of Slayton's Jubilee Singers

Slayton's Jubilee Singers

Slayton's Jubilee Singers

First page of Songs for All

Songs for All (1882)

Edwin T. Pound

First page of Songs for Service in Church and Home

Songs for Service in Church and Home (1905)

Chas. P. Whitford

First page of Songs of Might

Songs of Might (1912)

Charles M. Fillmore | J. H. Fillmore

First page of Songs of Praise Our Voices Raise to Jesus, Blest Forever!

Songs of Praise Our Voices Raise to Jesus, Blest … (1912)

J. H. Fillmore | Palmer Hartsough

First page of Spirituals

Spirituals (1897)

Hampton Institute

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 The Book of American Negro Spirituals

The Book of American Negro Spirituals (1925)

James Weldon Johnson | J. Rosamond Johnson | Lawrence Brown

First page of The Children's Hallelujah

The Children's Hallelujah (1886)

J. H. Rosecrans | J. H. Fillmore

First page of The Empire of Song

The Empire of Song (1887)

Geo. F. Root

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 Everlasting Joy

The Everlasting Joy (1884)

J. W. Randolph

First page of The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule (1872)

S. W. Straub

First page of The Joy

The Joy (1873)

P. P. Bliss

First page of The Juvenile Class and Concert

The Juvenile Class and Concert (1882)

H. H. McGranahan | W. A. Lafferty

First page of The Männerchor

The Männerchor (1873)

Geo. F. Root

First page of The Messenger of Song

The Messenger of Song (1893)

J. H. Hall | J. H. Ruebush | E. T. Hildebrand

First page of The Most Popular Plantation Songs

The Most Popular Plantation Songs (1911)

Gilbert Clifford Noble