Blues : an anthology : complete words and music of 53 great songs / edited by W. C. Handy ; with an historical and critical text by Abbe Niles ; with pictures by Miguel Covarrubias ; revised by Jerry Silverman.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957, artist.

Niles, Abbe, writer of essay.

Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958, editor.

Silverman, Jerry, 1931- revision.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music).

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Genre:

Blues (Music)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Scores.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 score (224 pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Treasury of the Blues

Place of Publication:

New York : Collier Books, ©1972.

Contents:

The Story of The Blues

The Blackground

The Blues

Blues-Songs.

Notes:

"First Collier Books Edition 1972."

"'Blues: an Anthology' is also published in a hardcover edition by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc."

"The first edition of 'Blues,' which appeared in 1926, is now a collector's item, as is the 1949 revision, 'Treasury of the Blues'. This updated collection contains the best of both previous books along with some great new material - all with guitar chords added to the original piano arrangements and diagrams of each chord used."--Cover.

"The piano arrangements herein are the original ones found in the 1926 edition of 'Blues: An Anthology' and in the 1949 edition of 'A Treasury of the Blues' (as the Anthology' came to be called). In addition, five songs by W. C. Handy are presented here which did not appear in the earlier collections, namely: Way Down South Where the Blues Began; Shoeboot's Serenade; Golden Brown Blues; Wall Street Blues; Aunt Hagar's Children's Blues."--Page 11.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "Fourth Printing 1979".

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks".

ISBN:

0020607105

OCLC:

79809842