James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection manuscript music
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1902 - 1957
- Majority of material found within 1931 - 1945
Creator
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
8.0 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Processing Information
- African American Composers
- African American women composers
- American literature -- African American authors -- 20th century.
- Band music -- Scores
- Composers -- United States
- Harlem Renaissance
- Music by African American composers -- 20th century
- Musicals
- Musicals -- United States -- Scores.
- Orchestra music -- Scores
- Parts (Music)
- Photographs
- Scores
- Songs
- Songs with piano
- Symphonies
- Symphonies -- Scores
- Women composers -- United States
Creator
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Bonds, Margaret, 1913-1972
- Bonds, Margaret (Songs of the seasons)
- Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949
- Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949. (Passionale. Your eyes so deep.)
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. (Scenes from The song of Hiawatha.)
- Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
- Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990
- Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990. (Out in the fields.)
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. (Show girl.)
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
- Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987
- Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995
- Price, Florence, 1887-1953
- Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
- Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. (Kaintuck')
- Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. (Sahdji)
- Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. (Voice of the Lord)
- Stone, Roberta Russell Summers, 1886-
- Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987
- Swanson, Howard, 1907-1978
- Swanson, Howard, 1907-1978. (Short symphony.)
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Vodery, Will H.
- Title
- Guide to the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection manuscript music
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Karen Spicher
- Date
- 2021 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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