Sheet_music
1903 · New York
by Johnson, James Weldon, Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co, 1903. Sheet_music. 8p. sheet music, 11x14 inches, very slightly edgeworn wraps. The Johnsons began to compose together after Rosamond graduated from the New England Conservatory in 1897, writing for Broadway musicals with Bob Cole by the turn of the century (a partial list of their songs appears on the front wrap). These compositions precede the publication of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" by more than a decade. (Inventory #: 55119)