Context of Use: Secular Concerts

128 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 concert use, such as art spirituals.

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 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 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 Blossoms of Song

Blossoms of Song (1894)

A. J. Showalter | Edward Roberts

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 Chant

Chant (1918)

Clarence Cameron White

First page of Child Songs

Child Songs (1916)

J. O. Long | Ira Long

First page of Christmas Carols

Christmas Carols (1923)

Henry H. Sweets

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 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 De Gospel Fair

De Gospel Fair (1895)

J. P. MacSweeny | J. E. Nicol

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 Don't You Grieve After Me

Don't You Grieve After Me (1880)

Len. Fairfield

First page of Eight Negro Songs

Eight Negro Songs (1927)

Alfred J. Swan | Francis H. Abbot

First page of Fifty-Eight Spirituals for Choral Use

Fifty-Eight Spirituals for Choral Use (1924)

Hollis Dann | Harvey Worthington Loomis

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 Heavenly Echoes No. 5

Heavenly Echoes No. 5 (1920)

Mrs. John B. Vaughan

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 Navy Song Book

Navy Song Book (1919)

Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities | National Committee on Army and Navy Camp Music

First page of Nearer my God to thee!

Nearer my God to thee! (1881)

Otto Bollman

First page of Negro Dialect Melodies

Negro Dialect Melodies (1885)

Harry Holland

First page of Negro Spirituals

Negro Spirituals (1919)

H. T. Burleigh

First page of Negro Spirituals

Negro Spirituals (1919)

H. T. Burleigh

First page of Negro Spirituals of the South

Negro Spirituals of the South (1918)

Carrie Jacobs-Bond

First page of New Perfect Praise

New Perfect Praise (1920)

James D. Vaughan | B. C. Unseld | W. W. Combs | Chas. W. Vaughan | Wm. M. Golden | C. D. Williams | Otis Deaton | A. M. Pace | R. N. Grisham | W. B. Walbert | W. W. McGlamry | L. A. Gordon | G. Q. Wigington | V. O. Stamps | R. M. Morgan | M. D. McWhorter | J. W. Vaughan | J. P. Thomason | Mrs. R. N. Grisham

First page of New Sacred Quartettes

New Sacred Quartettes (1914)

C. B. Widmeyer

First page of Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen

Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen (1917)

H. T. Burleigh

First page of O Lord, I Done Done

O Lord, I Done Done (1925)

Edward Boatner

First page of Original Company Fisk University Jubilee Singers

Original Company Fisk University Jubilee Singers (1880)

Fisk University Jubilee Singers

First page of Our Song World

Our Song World (1884)

Geo. F. Root | C. C. Case

First page of Plantation Melodies Old and New

Plantation Melodies Old and New (1901)

R. E. Phillips | J. E. Campbell | P. L. Dunbar | H. T. Burleigh

First page of Practical Anthems Vol. 6

Practical Anthems Vol. 6 (1900)

First page of Programme for the Court House Square

Programme for the Court House Square (1876)

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