Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photo of two Caucasian male performers in blackface, one is dressed as a female; ""sung by Charles E. Foreman with J. H. Haverly's Minstrels"" - ""Musical Supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser, Oct. 9, 1898""
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a well dressed African American male asking a fawning African American female to dance; description reads ""fox-trot novelty song from the sensational musical comedy success Shuffle Along""
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photo of Miss Alice Atherton, a Caucasian singer in front of a wall separating her from an African American vocal quartet; ""Musical Supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser. July 10, 1898"" description reads ""a coon song""
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: photo of ""Mr. J. Flatow and Miss K. Dunn"" dressed in blackface [Miss K. Dunn appears to be a male]; ""Musical Supplement of the New York Journal and Advertiser. June 5, 1898""
Blues singer and guitarist Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958) was a major figure in Chicago in the 1930s and '40s and brought his music to European audiences in the early 1950s. Alan Lomax, who held Broonzy in high esteem, as did many of his colleagues,...
A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...
A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...
A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...
A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...
A concert of Southern African American "antebellum musical traditions" held in New York City's Central Park at the height of the Civil Rights era, in the summer of 1965. Produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in cooperation with...