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WERE YOU THERE?
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NY: Larrabee, 1966. First edition thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?..." 12" x 9 ... more information
Offered by R & A Petrilla, Booksellers (IOBA) (New Jersey, United States) |
$8.00
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NEGRO FOLK MUSIC, U.S.A
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NY: Columbia University Press, 1964. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: x, 324; some blue underlining in text. 9.25" x 5.75 Contains words and music to 43 songs; also, discographies and commentary on blues, worksongs, spirituals, cries, dances, &c.... more information
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$12.00
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WERE YOU THERE?
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NY: G. Ricordi, 1924. First edition thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. 6pp, bound in blue wraps. Contains words and music, in part: "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?..." Several words in the song have been changed in pencil. Inside the cover is a history of plantation songs, explicated by the African-American arranger/composer H.T. Burleigh. 11.5" x 9 ... more information
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$16.00
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ALBUM OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS
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NY: Edward B. Marks Music, 1940. First Edition. Good. 56pp. Contains words and music to 26 spirituals, including: De Band O'Gideon; Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit; Gimme Dat Old Time Religion; I Been In De Storm, So Long; Peter, Go Ring-a Dem Bells; and 21 more. Lacks the covers. 12" x 9 ... more information
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$16.00
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AMERICAN NEGRO SONGS AND SPIRITUALS:
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NY: Bonanza Books , (1940). Hardcover. Very Good/good. pp: vii, 259, index. Contains words and music to 230 African-American spirituals, blues, work songs, social songs, &c. 10.25" x 6.5 ... more information
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$20.00
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GOSPEL MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. Introduction by Don Butler, Executive Director, Gospel Music Association
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NY Sterling (1979)., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Color-pictorial binding and contents near fine condition. 10.25" x 7" 320pp Has an index. In addition to alphabetical entries on gospel performers, this volume also contains a list of Dove Award winners in all gospel categories, 1969-1978, as well as lists of radio and tv stations featuring gospel music, lists of gospel Hall of Fame members with biographical data, and an extensive discography of gospel recordings. Illustrated by illus throughout ... more information
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$20.00
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AIN'T GOT TIME TO DIE:
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NY: G. Schirmer, 1955. First edition thus. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 16pp, words and music, in part: "Lord, I keep so busy praisin' my Jesus ... ain't got time to die...." 10.5" x 6.75 Words and music by Hall Johnson. "This little song is extremely syncopated, so a moderate tempo--with sharp accents--will give enough speed. The effect should be bustling but not hurried.... more information
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$20.00
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AMERICAN NEGRO SONGS AND SPIRITUALS:
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NY: Bonanza Books , (1940). Hardcover. Very Good/very good. pp: vii, 259, index. Contains words and music to 230 African-American spirituals, blues, work songs, social songs, &c. 10.25" x 6.5 ... more information
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$24.00
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THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO SPIRITUALS:
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NY: Viking Press, 1928. Fifth Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 187pp. Contains a 40-page introduction by James Weldon Johnson along with words and music to 61 spirituals. Laid into this book is an old off-print of a three-page review by Edward Sapir, University of Chicago, published in the "Journal of American Folklore" in the late 1920s. An old inscription on the endpaper states, in part: "Thanks for Jesus and the American Negro." 10" x 7.25 ... more information
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$60.00
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NEGRO SPIRITUALS AND FOLK SONGS:
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Chicago: Rodeheaver Hall-Mack , 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. 59pp. Frederick Hall's two-page essay on "Negro Spirituals" precedes the words and music to 11 songs. 10.75" x 7.75 The songs: Ain't It A Shame; Balm In Gilead; Bye an' Bye; Cert'ny Lord; Climbin' Up De Mountain; Dry Bones; Joshua Fit De Battle; Mam's Li'l Boy; O Mary; Old Black Joe; Po Li'l Lum'.... more information
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$70.00
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WARD SINGERS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA:
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Philadelphia: Mme. Gertrude Ward, Founder & Manager, 1955. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 21pp; illus throughout from photographs. Contains a brief history of the famous Ward Singers and full-page photographs of each woman, group travel photos, award presentations, &c. 10.75" x 8 Mrs. Gertrude Murphy Ward, born in South Carolina in 1901, was inspired to become a gospel singer in 1931 as a member of Philadelphia's Ebenezer Baptist Church. She drew upon others until ... more information
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$100.00
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PAUL WHITEMAN'S FAVORITE MODERN RHYTHMIC SPIRITUALS:
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NY: Joe Davis, 1932. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 34pp. Contains words and music to 10 jazz spirituals, including: Goin' To The Promised Lan'; Moan, You Moaners; There's Religion In Rhythm; Glory!; and six more. 12" x 9 Jazz vocalist Mildred Bailey joined the Paul Whitman group in 1929, becoming the first female singer to perform regularly with a band.... more information
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$120.00
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