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In celebration of Black History Month<\/strong> and beyond, the Music Library is showcasing materials of different musical styles of Black Americans in the United States that are held here in the collection, concentrating on Classical, Blues, Free Jazz, and Opera.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY:” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Blueswomen : profiles of 37 early performers, with an anthology of lyrics, 1920-1945 <\/strong><\/a> Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers <\/a> Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time <\/a> Ma Rainey’s black bottom.<\/a> Blues people : Negro music in white America <\/a> Blues : an anthology <\/a> Chicago blues : the city & the music <\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Country blues songbook <\/a> Liner notes for the revolution : the intellectual life of black feminist sound <\/a> Say it loud! : a celebration of Black music in America.<\/a> Blacks in opera : an encyclopedia of people and companies, 1873-1993 <\/a> Black opera : history, power, engagement <\/a> L’incoronazione di Poppea <\/a> And so I sing : African-American divas of opera and concert <\/a> Salome <\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|10px||10px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Right on : from blues to soul in black America <\/strong><\/a> Mother of the blues : a study of Ma Rainey <\/strong><\/a> Ma Rainey, first of the great blues singers.<\/strong><\/a> Ragged but right : black traveling shows, “coon songs,” and the dark pathway to blues and jazz <\/strong><\/a> The devil’s music : a history of the blues <\/strong><\/a> The blues : a bibliographical guide <\/strong><\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Blues fell this morning : meaning in the blues <\/strong><\/a> The story of the blues <\/strong><\/a> Nothing but the blues : an illustrated documentary <\/strong><\/a> Urban blues <\/strong><\/a> W.C. Handy : the life and times of the man who made the blues <\/strong><\/a> Early published blues and proto-blues (1850-1915) <\/strong><\/a> The country blues guitar.<\/strong><\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”|20px||20px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”NON-LIBRARY RESOURCES” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||||true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#A9A9A9″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” width=”82%” max_width=”82%” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/music\/exhibits\/black-music\/” button_text=”Black Music Exhibit” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”15px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#404040″ button_border_radius=”10px” button_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” button_icon=”||fa||900″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_css_main_element=”text-decoration: none;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_text_color__hover=”#E71939″ button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_border_color__hover=”#E71939″][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/exhibits\/” button_text=”Music Library Online Exhibits” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”15px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#E71939″ button_border_radius=”10px” button_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” button_icon=”||fa||900″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_css_main_element=”text-decoration: none;” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_text_color__hover=”#E71939″ button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_border_color__hover=”#E71939″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In celebration of Black History Month and beyond, the Music Library is showcasing materials of different musical styles of Black Americans in the United States that are held here in the collection concentrating on Classical, Blues, Free Jazz, and Opera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":16223,"parent":16226,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[338],"class_list":["post-16269","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16269\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=16269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY:<\/h2>\n
Bourgeois, Anna Stong, author.
1996
ML54.6 .B79 B6 1996<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Stewart-Baxter, Derrick, author.
1970
ML400 .S84<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Mellers, Wilfrid, 1914-2008.
1986
ML400 .M44 1986<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939, performer.; Yazoo (Record company); Calt, Stephen.
1990
Circ CD 1976<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
1963
ML3556 .J73<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958, composer, editor, arranger of music.; Nash, Will, composer.; Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer.; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer.; Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.; Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer.; Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936, lyricist.; Handy, Lucile Marie, composer.; Phillips, William King, composer.; Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951, composer.; Herriman, George, 1880-1944.; McLaurin, Billie, composer.; Green, Eddie, 1891-1950, lyricist.; Booker, Charles H., composer.; Kemp, Clinton A., composer.; Gilbert, Mercedes, lyricist.; Clark, H. Qualli, composer.; Airoson, J. M. R., translator.; Reed, N. E., composer.; Neal, Ethel, composer.; Williams, Douglass, composer.; Garrett, Lloyd, 1886-1966, lyricist.; Wand, Hart A., composer.; Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965, composer.; Wheeler, C. E. (Clarence E.), 1885-1966, arranger of music.; Bowman, Euday L. (Euday Louis), 1887-1949, composer.; Bowles, George H., lyricist.; Elman, Dave, 1900-1967, lyricist.; Smith, Chris, 1879-1949, lyricist.; Niles, Abbe, writer of supplementary textual content.; Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957, illustrator.; Hess, Cliff, 1894-1959, composer.
1926
M1630.18 .H26 B5 1926<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Rowe, Mike, author.
1981
ML3478 .R7 1981<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Grossman, Stefan, compiler.; Calt, Stephen, compiler.; Grossman, Hal, compiler.
1973
M1630.18 .G759 C7<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Brooks, Daphne, author.
2021
ML3556 .B74 2021<\/p>\n
<\/strong>2001
Circ CD 5272<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Smith, Eric Ledell, 1949-2008.
\u00a91995
ML102 .O6 S6 1995<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Andre\u0301, Naomi Adele, author.
2018
ML1700 .A53 2018<\/p>\n
<\/strong>London Philharmonic Orchestra.; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.; Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company.; NVC Arts (Firm); Warner Music Vision (Firm); Kultur International Films.; Busenello, Giovanni Francesco, 1598-1659, librettist.; Leppard, Raymond, conductor.; Ewing, Maria, performer.; Bailey, Dennis, 1943-2011, performer.; Clarey, Cynthia, performer.; Lloyd, Robert, 1940- performer.; Gale, Elizabeth, 1948- performer.; Duesing, Dale, performer.; Glover, Jane, conductor.; Hall, Peter, 1930-2017, director.; Lough, Robin, director.; Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643.
2004?
Music DVD 85<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Story, Rosalyn M.
\u00a91990
ML 400 .S88 1990<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949, composer.; Staatskapelle Dresden, performer.; Lachmann, Hedwig, translator.; Norman, Jessye, singer.; Witt, Kerstin, singer.; Morris, James, 1947- singer.; Raffeiner, Walter, singer.; Leech, Richard (Tenor), singer.; Ozawa, Seiji, 1935-2024, conductor.; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
1994
Circ CD 9967<\/p>\nADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES:<\/h2>\n
Haralambos, Michael, author.
1974
ML3556 .H295 R5<\/p>\n
Lieb, Sandra R., author.
1981
ML420 .R274 L5<\/p>\n
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.
1950-?
LP 1627<\/p>\n
Abbott, Lynn, 1946-; Seroff, Doug, author.
2007
ML3479 .A23 2007<\/p>\n
Oakley, Giles.
1977, \u00a91976
ML3556 .O18 1977<\/p>\n
Hart, Mary L.; Eagles, Brenda M., 1951- author.; Howorth, Lisa, author.; Ferris, William, 1937-2000, writer of introduction.
1989
ML128 .B49 H3 1989<\/p>\n
Oliver, Paul, 1927-2017, author.; Wright, Richard, 1908-1960, writer of foreword.
1990
ML3521 .O42 1990<\/p>\n
Oliver, Paul, 1927-2017, author.
1969
ML3561 .J3 O47<\/p>\n
Leadbitter, Mike, editor.
1971
ML55 .L25<\/p>\n
Keil, Charles, author.
1966
ML3556 .K43<\/p>\n
Robertson, David, 1947 August 11-
2009
ML410 .H18 R63 2009<\/p>\n
Muir, Peter C., editor.
2024
Reference Score Main Floor ; M2 .R295 v.93\/33<\/p>\n
Grossman, Stefan.
1968
MT582.G755 C7<\/p>\nNON-LIBRARY RESOURCES:<\/h2>\n
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