Songsters and Hymnals from the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
The Harris Collection has one of the largest holdings of songsters in any American library, and a significant collection of hymnals encompassing various styles and forms of American worship music. The majority of songsters and hymnals in this digitized collection were selected to be part of the Sounding Spirit Digital Library: Southern Sacred Vernacular Music Books (1850-1925).
[Compiled] by Rev. W.E. Mask .. Prose, poetry, and evangelical hymns by various writers. For attributions of several hymn titles, cf. Diehl, K.S. Hymns and tunes.
Principally for mixed voices (SATB); one selection for voice and piano. Also published under title: American folk songs : as sung by Williams' Jubilee Singers. Several pages consist of 4 reduced pages per printed page. On cover: The world-famous Williams' Colored Singers ... Chas. P. Williams Mgr. 6618 Vernon Ave. Chicago. Williams, Johnson & Co., Proprietors. Inset portraits of Williams and members of the troupe. On back cover: Williams' Colored Singers; followed by two larger versions of group portraits on front cover, the second with differences at the top. At foot of cover: Press of Rosenow Co., Chicago. Includes bibliographical references on the group and individual members. Staff notation.
[edited by the Central Conference of American Rabbis] Revision of the c1907 or c1908 ed. "The Passover in history, literature, and art": p. 123-162. English and Hebrew.
Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border on all pages. Includes accounts of the Jubilee Singers and their reception in Europe and America, with excerpts from reviews. Includes poetry. Suggested publication date from advertisement for concert in Amherst, Mass. Jan. 13, 1880.
by J.E. Thomas, B. Flint and B.N. Hultsman ; assisted by W.J. Laney and T.S. Cobb. 154 numbered hymns, 1 unnumbered. Shape note notation. Includes index.
Includes 91 hymns with shape-note notation, and index. Attributed to C.H. Brunk by Daniel Kauffman in Menn. Cycl. Dict. (1937), p. 44. On cover: "Address all orders to either of the following-- Ruebush & Kieffer, Singer's [!] Glen, .... Rev. J.W. Howe, Mt. Crawford, Rockingham Co., Va."
Within ornamented line border. Dated by internal evidence. On verso: Two autographed verses in different hands. Last verse signed: Andy Moon; dated February 2nd, 1874.