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Let It Resound: Sheet Music in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
URL: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/LetItResound/

Description:
Exhibit of sheet music from the genres of minstrelsy (1830s to 1900s), concert spirituals (1890s to 1940s), ragtime and black musical theater (1890s to 1920s), blues and jazz (1910s to 1950s), and R&B and soul (1950s to 1970s). Includes annotated images of covers and background about selected composers and performers. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

LII Topics: Black Resources, Blues, Jazz & Big Band, Music & Dance, Musical Genres, Ragtime, Spirituals & Hymns

Publisher:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Extra Keywords
rhythm blues african american

LII Database Information:
Record 27434 created by Maria Brandt on 12/09/2008
Last modification on 12/22/2008
Published: 01/29/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27434

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