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Black Music Research Bulletin, Fall 1990, Samuel Floyd Sep 1990

Black Music Research Bulletin, Fall 1990, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Bulletin is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "A Historical Overview of Soul Music in Chicago"/Robert Pruter; "Chicago Gospel"/Horace Clarence Boyer; "Jazz in Chicago: A Historical Overview"/Richard Wang; "Florence B. Price and Margaret Bonds: The Chicago Years"/Rae Linda Brown; "Chicago Imprints in the CBMR Database"/Otha Day; "Jubilee Singing Groups in …


Black Music Research Bulletin, Spring 1990, Samuel Floyd Apr 1990

Black Music Research Bulletin, Spring 1990, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Bulletin is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Freedom in the Air': An Overview of the Songs of the Civil Rights Movement"/Guy and Candie Carawan; "The Lined Hymn as a Song of Freedom"/Bernice Johnson Reagon; "Paul Robeson, Civil Rights Activist: An Opinion"/Hale Smith; "Twentieth Century Civil Rights Collections in the …


Black Music Research Bulletin, Fall 1989, Samuel Floyd Sep 1989

Black Music Research Bulletin, Fall 1989, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Mose McQuitty's Unknown Career: A Personal History of Black Music in America"/D. Alex Albright; "A South Carolina Band in London, 1914"/Jeffrey P. Green; "Aspects of Musical Activities in the Black Communities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C, . 1840 to the Early 1920s"/ …


Black Music Research Bulletin, Spring 1989, Samuel Floyd Apr 1989

Black Music Research Bulletin, Spring 1989, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Bulletin is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Turn-of-the-Century Jug Bands in the Southeastern United States"/Bruce Bastin and Jeffrey Green; Black Vaudeville and the TOBA in Atlanta"/Thomas L. Riis; "Kemper Harreld and Willis James: Music at Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College"/Rebecca T. Cureau; Black Music Scholarship and the …


Black Music Research Bulletin Fall 1988, Samuel Floyd Sep 1988

Black Music Research Bulletin Fall 1988, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Bulletin is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Looking Toward St. Louis: Installment 1"; "Eddie Randle and the St. Louis Blue Devils"/Paul DeMarinis; "Ragtime in St. Louis"/Trebor Jay Tichenor; "James Reese Europe and His Impact on the New York Scene"/Leonard Goines and Mikki Shepard; "The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s"/Samuel …


Black Music Research Bulletin Spring 1988, Samuel Floyd Apr 1988

Black Music Research Bulletin Spring 1988, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Bulletin is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "A Historical Overview of Black Gospel Music in Los Angeles"/Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje; "Music in the Lives of Blacks in California: The Beginnings"/Hansonia L. Caldwell; "A Selective Survey of Black Musicians in Los Angeles, 1890-ca. 1945"/Bette Y. Cox; "Jazz Musicians in San Diego"/Stanley …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1987, Samuel Floyd Sep 1987

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1987, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Chicago's Jazz Trail: 1893-1950"/Dempsey J. Travis; "Black Concert Music in Chicago, 1890 to the 1930s"/Ellistine Perkins Holly; "Black Music at Columbia College Chicago"/Gail Schmoller; "Composers Corner: Lena Johnson McLin, Composer"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "Introducing...Members of the National Advisory Board of the Center for …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1987, Samuel Floyd Apr 1987

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1987, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Black Music in New Orleans: A Historical Overview"/Curtis D. Jerde; "Composers Corner: Six Composers of Nineteenth-Century New Orleans"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "Black Music Collections in New Orleans"/Deborra Richardson; "Researching Black Music in New Orleans: A National Conference on Black Music Research"; "Introducing...Members of …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1986, Samuel Floyd Sep 1986

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1986, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Introducing..Members of the National Advisory Board of the Center for Black Music Research"/Bruce Tucker; "An Alternative Index to Black Music in the United States"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Composers Corner/Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Music Collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Deborra …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1986, Samuel Floyd Apr 1986

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1986, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "CBMR Database: The Union Catalog and Reference System"/D.W. Krummel; "Milestones of Black-American Composition"/Eileen Southern; "A Prelimary Bibliographical Guide to Periodical Literature for Black Music Research"/Josephine Wright; "Black Spirituals: Their Emergence Into Public Knowledge"/Dena J.Epstein; "Introducing...Members of the National Advisory Board of the …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1985, Samuel Floyd Sep 1985

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1985, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "A Brief Introduction to the Zulu Choirs"/Doug Seroff; "Beethoven As a Black Composer"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Composers Corner/Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Music Department at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center"/Deborra Richardson; "Introducing....Members of the National Advisory Board of the Center for Black Music Research"/Bruce Tucker; …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1985, Samuel Floyd Apr 1985

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1985, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "On 'Soldier Boy': The Development of an Opera/ T.J.Anderson; "Provocative Opinion: The Death of Jazz?" /Larry Kart; Announcements. Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Vol.7, No.2. 8 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1984, Samuel Floyd Sep 1984

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1984, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR Newsletter is published jointly by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and the Fisk University Institute for Research in Black American Music." Article:"Black Music and the Humantities in America: A Summer Institue for Faculty from United Negro College Fund-Affiliated Schools"/William T. Dargan; "Composers Corner"/Lucius Wyatt; "British Newspapers as Source Material: The Case of James Douglass Bohee"/Jeffrey P. Green; "Bibliography of Music by Black Composers"/notes from Dominique-Rene de Lerma. Editor: Samuel A. Floyd. Vol. 7, No. 1. 6 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1984, Samuel Floyd Apr 1984

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1984, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR Newsletter is published jointly by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and the Fisk University Institute for Research in Black American Music". Article: "Afro-American Folksong Scholarship"/Darius Thieme; "Composers Corner"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "A Selected List of Music for Organ Solo by Black Composers"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma and Herndon Spillman. Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Vol. 6, No. 2. 6 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1982, Samuel Floyd Apr 1982

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1982, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "A Musical and Sociological Review of Scott Joplin's 'Treemonisha'"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Black Instrumental Mujsic Traditions in the Ex-Slave Narratives"/Robert B. Winans; Research and Announcements; "Composers Corner"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "Letters From Black People and Institutions in the Correspondence Collections of the Music Division of the Library of Congress"/Wayne Shirley. Editor: Orin Moe.Vol. 5, No. …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1981, Samuel Floyd Sep 1981

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1981, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "Taking the Borad View in Black Music Research"/John Storm Roberts; Fisk University Archival Collection of Recorded Black Music"/Darius Thieme; "Hazel Harrison: Premier Pianist"/Jean Cazort, Constance Hobson; "Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale"/Caldwell Titcomb. Vol. 5, No. 1. 6 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1981, Samuel Floyd Apr 1981

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1981, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "The Blues as Dance Music"/Albert Murray; "Scott Joplin: Questions Remain"/Addison Reed; "The Music of Chautauqua and Lyceum"/Frederick Crane; "Developments in Black Gospel Performance and Scholarship"/Irene Jackson-Brown; "Retrospective: The Black Composers Series"/Calvert Bean; "Composers Corner"/Lucius R. Wyatt; Announcements; Research News. Vol 4, No. 3. 12 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1980, Samuel Floyd Apr 1980

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1980, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "Black Concert and Recital Music"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Black Music and Musical Analysis: William Grant Still's 'Songs of Separation' as a Point of Departure"/Orin Moe; "Deford Bailey"/Jessica Janice Jones; "Old-Time Black Gospel Quartet Contests"/Doug Seroff; "Foundation News: Why Applications Fail"/the staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Announcements and Information; Questions and Answers; …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1980, Samuel Floyd Apr 1980

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1980, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "The Ethnomusicologist and Black Music"/Bruno Nettl; "Black concert and recital music: A glimpse of Afro-Caribbean music in the early 17th century"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Rural Black String Band Music"/Charles Wolfe; "National Conference on Black Music Research-Summary"/ Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Conference Concert: A Review"/Carman Moore; Questions and Answers; Announcements and Information. Editors: Samuel A. …


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1979, Samuel Floyd Sep 1979

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

Includes the list of the newly created National Advisory Board for the institute for Research in Black Music at Fisk University. "Black Music Research Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Cynthia Burks, Lynne Davis, Anita Pulcher. Vol 3, No. 2. 8 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1979, Samuel Floyd Jun 1979

Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Pulcher. Vol 3, No. 1. 14 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter Supplement, Spring 1979, Samuel Floyd Apr 1979

Black Music Research Newsletter Supplement, Spring 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

Vol 2, No, 4 Supplement: A Directory of Scholars specializing in the area of black American music including General Black American Music, Concert Music, Blues, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Ragtime, Sacred Music, Curriculum and Teaching, Ban Music, Folk Music, and Musical Theatre. 5 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1979, Samuel Floyd Jan 1979

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Trumpler. Vol 2, No. 3. 6 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1978, Samuel Floyd Sep 1978

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is now the official publication of Fisk University's new Institute for Research in Black American Music. The Newsletter will retain its original purpose, format, and publication schedule." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Trumpler. Vol 2, No. 2. 4 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1978, Samuel Floyd Jun 1978

Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. " Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Azalia Bailey, Lynne Davis, John M. Eddins, Anita Trumpler. Vol. 2., No. 1. 6 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1978, Samuel Floyd Apr 1978

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. " Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, John M. Eddins, Anita Trumpler. Vol. 1., No. 4. 8 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1978, Samuel Floyd Jan 1978

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. " Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, John M. Eddins, Anita Trumpler. Vol. 1., No. 3. 8 pages.


Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1977, Samuel Floyd Jun 1977

Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1977, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"This Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and cultural activity in black American music. It is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. The Newsletter welcomes contributions from scholars and performers everywhere." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Vol. 1, No. 1. 6 pages.