Spirituals from HLP Songs & Ballads

232 pages. The first half of the book is an history of the Jubilee Singers. The second half is 104 songs arranged for piano. Book covers are rubbed and worn at the edges and corners, but are solid and intact. Pages have aged but are free of marking except for the FFEP which has two gift inscriptions.

259 pages. 230 songs: spirituals, blues, work songs, hollers, jubilees, and social songs. Includes 40 page intoduction by JW Work on the origins and evolution of the music. Dust Jacket price-clipped and clean in a protective cover. Jacket is missing no pieces, though there are chips, creases and a few closed tears on the edges - most… Read more about this item

Republication of work first published in 1937. 254 pages. Includes transcriptions in music notation, and notes on origins and context. Covers are intact but worn. Pages are mostly clean with a few light pencil marks noted, and a stamped presentation note on the fly leaf.

Republication of work first published in 1933. 444 pages. Includes b/w photos and transcriptions in music notation. Noted a few light pencil markings on the flyleaf, but no rips or tears.

324 pages. Ex libris. Some light pencil notations in the text, a felt tip price mark-out on the cover (see photo), and a marked up flyleaf (see photo).