Context of Use: Secular Concerts

123 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 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 Rodeheaver's Negro Spirituals

Rodeheaver's Negro Spirituals (1923)

Homer A. Rodeheaver

First page of Rodeheaver's Plantation Melodies

Rodeheaver's Plantation Melodies (1918)

Homer Rodeheaver

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 Songs of the South

Songs of the South (1919)

David W. Guion

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 Big Quartet Book

The Big Quartet Book (1918)

J. D. Patton | T. B. Mosley | H. M. Eagle | B. B. Beall

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 Songster

The Eureka Songster (1917)

Wm. J. Wilson

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 Jubilee

The Jubilee (1880)

Jubilee Singers

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 Modern Singer

The Modern Singer (1917)

James D. Vaughan | B. C. Unseld

First page of The National Singer

The National Singer (1887)

A. J. Showalter | J. H. Tenney

First page of The National Temperance Songster

The National Temperance Songster (1854)

Silas W. Leonard | James Young

First page of The Practical Music Reader No. 2

The Practical Music Reader No. 2 (1920)

W. H. Ruebush | J. H. Ruebush | J. S. Good

First page of The Realm of Song

The Realm of Song (1882)

George F. Root

First page of The Royal Proclamation

The Royal Proclamation (1886)

Aldine S. Kieffer | William B. Blake

First page of The Sacred Harp

The Sacred Harp (1910)

B. F. White | E. J. King | J. L. White

First page of The Sacred Harp

The Sacred Harp (1870)

B. F. White | E. J. King

First page of The Singer's Choice

The Singer's Choice (1854)

Lindsey Watson

First page of The Singing Campaign

The Singing Campaign (1875)

Gustavus D. Pike

First page of The Song Era

The Song Era (1874)

Frederick W. Root

First page of The Song Herald

The Song Herald (1876)

H. R. Palmer

First page of The Song Victor

The Song Victor (1879)

R. A. Glenn

First page of The Star of Bethlehem

The Star of Bethlehem (1889)

J. H. Hall | J. H. Ruebush

First page of The Temperance Harp

The Temperance Harp (1881)

R. A. Glenn

First page of The Temperance Songster

The Temperance Songster (1904)

Anna A. Gordon

First page of The Temple Star

The Temple Star (1877)

B. C. Unseld | Aldine S. Kieffer

First page of The Timbrel of Zion

The Timbrel of Zion (1853)

T. K. Collins | Jr.

First page of The Treble Clef Choir

The Treble Clef Choir (1894)

Geo. F. Root | D. B. Towner

First page of The Triumph

The Triumph (1873)

Geo. F. Root

First page of The True Singing School Text Book

The True Singing School Text Book (1871)

A. N. Johnson

First page of The Voice of Joy

The Voice of Joy (1883)

J. H. Rosecrans

First page of The White Ribbon Hymnal

The White Ribbon Hymnal (1892)

Anna A. Gordon

First page of Three Negro Songs

Three Negro Songs (1912)

Will Marion Cook

First page of Towner's Male Quartettes

Towner's Male Quartettes (1918)

D. B. Towner

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 Vaughan's Quartets

Vaughan's Quartets (1911)

John B. Vaughan

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 Vocal Music Simplified

Vocal Music Simplified (1855)

James M. Deems

First page of Wait, my Children, Wait!

Wait, my Children, Wait! (1880)

C. R. Dekress