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Bessie Smith : empress of the blues / compilation and biography by Chris Albertson ; notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller ; musical arrangements by George N. Terry ; edited by Clifford Richter.
LIBRA Rare M1630.18.S643 S6 1975 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
- Schuller, Gunther, author of essay.
- Standardized Title:
- Songs. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--1921-1930.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Popular music--United States--1931-1940.
- Blues (Music).
- Genre:
- Blues (Music)
- Scores.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (143 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
- Distribution:
- London : Collier Macmillan Publishers.
- Other Title:
- Empress of the blues
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Schirmer Books, ©1975.
- Contents:
- Bessie's Life / Chris Albertson
- Bessie's Singing Style / Gunther Schuller
- It makes my love come down
- Long road
- Jailhouse blues
- Dirty no-gooder's blues
- Down in the dumps
- In the house blues
- Shipwreck blues
- Safety mamma
- Take me for a buggy ride
- Blue blues
- Wasted life blues
- Standin' in the rain blues
- Squeeze me
- Baby won't you please come home
- Pickpocket blues
- Backwater blues
- Young woman's blues
- See if I'll care
- New Orleans hop scop blues
- Nobody knows you when you're down and out
- Baby doll
- Please help me get him off my mind
- Reckless blues
- My man blues
- Poor man's blues
- Hard time blues
- Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do
- Cake walking babies from home
- Gimme a pigfoot
- Gulf Coast blues.
- Notes:
- Songs, principally by Bessie Smith; for voice and piano, with chord symbols.
- "A Schirmer Songbook"--Cover.
- "Transcribed from Bessie's recorded renditions"--Page [144].
- Includes biographical information and pictures of Bessie Smith, p. [6] - 30.
- Discography: page 144.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy is "First Printing 1975".
- Contains:
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937. Long old road.
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937. Safety mama.
- It makes my love come down.
- Jailhouse blues.
- Dirty no-gooder's blues.
- Down in the dumps.
- In the house blues.
- Shipwreck blues.
- Take me for a buggy ride.
- Blue blues.
- Wasted life blues.
- Standin' in the rain blues.
- Squeeze me.
- Baby won't you please come home.
- Pickpocket blues.
- Backwater blues.
- Young woman's blues.
- See if I'll care.
- New Orleans hop scop blues.
- Nobody knows you when your down and out.
- Baby doll.
- Please help me get him off my mind.
- Reckless blues.
- My man blues.
- Poor man's blues.
- Hard time blues.
- Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do.
- Cake walking babies from home.
- Gimme a pigfoot.
- Gulf Coast blues.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937. Songs. Selections. Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues.
- OCLC:
- 3524189
- Publisher Number:
- 87002 Schirmer Books
- 87003 Schirmer Books (paperback)
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