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    Title

    The Book of American Negro Spirituals

    Authors

    James Weldon Johnson; J. Rosamond Johnson; Lawrence Brown

    Publication Date

    1925-01-01 00:00:00

    Collections

    Context of Use: Secular Concerts | Format: Sheet Music | Geography: Florida | Geography: Northern Publishing Centers | Geography: Piedmont Crescent | Musical Style: Art Music | Musical Style: Spirituals | Population: Black American | Theme: Great Migration | Theme: Modernity

    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    New York, NY : The Viking Press
  • Advanced
    Full Title

    Book of American negro spirituals, The.

    Pagination

    187 pages

    Dimensions

    26 x 19.5 cm

    Condition

    complete

    Notation

    Round

    Instrumentation

    • soprano (vocal solo)
    • tenor (vocal solo)
    • piano

    Content

    Sacred

    Still in Use

    Yes

    Subject

    • Historically Black colleges and universities
    • Vail-Ballou Press
    • Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943
    • English poetry
    • Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)
    • Minstrel music--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    • Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977
    • Cloth bindings (Bookbinding)
    • Musical form
    • Harmony
    • Black English
    • Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
    • Spirituals (Songs)--Analysis, appreciation
    • Jews in the performing arts
    • African Americans--Music
    • Barbershop quartets
    • Spirituals (Songs)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    • Women and religion
    • Bacon-Shakespeare controversy
    • Folk music--Venezuela
    • Sacred songs with piano
    • Hymn texts--Analysis, appreciation
    • African American Catholics
    • Anderson, Marion, 1897-1993
    • Jazz--Analysis, appreciation
    • Spirituals (Songs)
    • Ring shout (Dance)
    • African American Episcopalians
    • Musical meter and rhythm
    • Concerts--Jacksonville, Fla.
    • Sheet music
    • Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)

    Archive

    University of Kentucky. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

    Creator

    • Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
    • Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
    • Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972

    Creator URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79133137
    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85282731
    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97058146

    Place of Publication Getty

    United States, New York, New York

    Place of Publication Getty URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007567

    Publisher Name

    Viking Press

    Publisher URI

    http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80035040

    OCLC Number

    952456

    Place of Contributor Affiliation

    • United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston
    • United States, New York, New York

    Place of Contributor Affiliation URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013445
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1002715

    Place of Field Research

    • United States, Florida, Duval, Jacksonville
    • United States, North Carolina, Guilford, Sedalia

    Place of Field Research URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013804
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2076563

    Place of Manufacture

    United States, New York, Broome, Binghamton

    Place of Manufacture URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013424

    Title Page Text

    THE BOOK OF AMERICAN | NEGRO SPIRITUALS | Edited with an introduction by | JAMES WELDON JOHNSON | Musical arrangement by | J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON | Additional numbers by | LAWRENCE BROWN | NEW YORK | THE VIKING PRESS | MCMXXV

    Physical Description

    1 vocal score: 187 p.

    Scoring Summary

    S (T), pf

    Total Scoring

    S (T); pf

    Medium

    songbook

    Digital Format

    image/tiff

    Dublin Core Type

    Image

    Item Type

    Print

    License Name

    No Copyright - United States

    Place of Publication FAST

    New York (State)--New York

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204333

    Country

    United States

    State

    • New York
    • North Carolina
    • Florida
    • Massachusetts

    County

    • Guilford, North Carolina
    • Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Duval, Florida
    • Broome, New York

    Inhabited Place

    • Binghamton, New York
    • Boston, Massachusetts
    • Jacksonville, Florida
    • Sedalia, North Carolina
    • New York, New York

    People

    • Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
    • Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
    • Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972
  • Attribution
    Institution

    Emory University Libraries

    License

    https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

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