The Negro in Early American Songsters, "Reprinted for private circulation from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol. XXVIII, Part 2. 1934.

  • Wraps
  • 1934
By DAMON, S. Foster
1934. Wraps. Near fine. [AFRICAN AMERICAN SONGS]. 8vo; 132-163pp [31pp]; stiff light brown wrapper, title printed on the front within a border; 2 staple binding; light shelf wear to wrapper; near fine. An article in praise of American-born music and an examination of the roots of much of this music, especially that which originated in the Black community of enslaved peoples. "The most vigorous American arts are democratic, and have risen from the soil, often against the disapproval of the cultured, who prefer to import or imitate the European arts.".

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Title

The Negro in Early American Songsters, "Reprinted for private circulation from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol. XXVIII, Part 2. 1934.

Author

DAMON, S. Foster

Binding

Wraps

Condition

Near Fine

Date

1934


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