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My Mother's Eyes / Music By Abel Baer; Words By Wolfe Gilbert, Abel Baer, Wolfe Gilbert, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover Only. Cover: Photo of George Jessel; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Keep Smiling At Trouble (Trouble's A Bubble) / Music By Lewis Gesler; Words By Al Jolnson And B.G. De Sylva, Lewis Gesler, Al Jolnson, B. G. Desylva, Harms Incorporated (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

photo of Al Jolson; Publisher: Harms Incorporated (New York)

The Invitation Rag / Words By Les Copland, Les Copland, Jerome H. Remick And Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover Only. Cover: photo of Les Copeland; Publisher: Jerome H. Remick and Co. (New York)

I Don't Care What You Used To Be (I Know What You Are Today) / Words By Dubin Al And Jimmy Mc Hugh, Dubin Al, Jimmy Mchugh, Jack Mills Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: drawing of a Caucasian couple; photo inset of Ruth Wales and Doris Relyea; Publisher: Jack Mills Inc. (New York)

Home Sweet Home / Words By G.J. Webb, G. J. Webb

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: drawing of a woman playing piano; text reads The Bromo-Seltzer Collection of 54 Popular Songs; Publisher: x

First Heart Throbs / Words By Richard Eilenberg, Richard Eilenberg, Deluxe Music Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: drawing of a girl and a boy sitting in the garden, holding hands; Publisher: DeLuxe Music Co. (New York)

Don't You Remember Or Ben Bolt / Music By Nelson Kneass; Words By Thomas Dunn English, Nelson Kneass, Thomas Dunn English, Dana T. Bennett Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: Photos of Gecko, Svengali and Trilby, Mme. Vinard, Little Billee- Taffy- The Laird, Angele and Zou-Zou; Text reads: as sung by Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry in the play of TRILBY; Publisher: Dana T. Bennett Co. (New York)

Don't Be Too Sure / Music By Henry R. Cohen; Words By Hal Billings, Henry R. Cohen, Hal Billings, Ell And Ell Publishing Co. (Los Angeles)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: Couple strolling arm in arm past a cupid figure sitting on a sign reading stop look listen; Publisher: Ell and Ell Publishing Co. (Los Angeles)

Comin' Thro' The Rye / Words By J. Parry, J. Parry

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: a drawing of a woman playing piano; text reads: The Bromo-Seltzer Collection of 54 Popular Songs; Publisher: x

Celestial Voices / Words By Rose Morris, Rose Morris, F.B. Haviland (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover Only. Cover: drawing of Angels; Publisher: F.B. Haviland (New York)

After I'Ve Called You Sweetheart (How Can I Call You Friend) / Music By Jack Little Little; Words By Bernie Grossman, Little Jack Little, Bernie Grossman, Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover Only. Cover: photo of Nick Lang and Geo. Voelk; Publisher: Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

Old Folks At Home / Words By Stephen C. Foster, Stephen C. Foster, National Music Co. (Chicago)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: text at top reads Way down upon de Swanee Riber; Publisher: National Music Co. (Chicago)

Old Black Joe / Words By Stephen Foster, Stephen Foster, Deluxe Music Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: drawing of an African American male, eyes staring upward; Publisher: DeLuxe Music Co. (New York)

Never Forget The Dear Ones / Music By Wurzel; Words By Wurzel, Wurzel, C. Sheard (London)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: Christys Minstrels Popular Songs for the Piano-Forte, with Choruses; Publisher: C. Sheard (London)

May Irwin's New Coon Song Hits / Music By Ernest Hogan; Words By Ben Harney, Ernest Hogan, Ben Harney, M. Witmark And Sons (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

No abstract provided.

Happy Days In Georgia / Music By Brehm Bros; Words By Chas Kuebler, Brehm Bros., Chas Kuebler

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: drawing of an African American male performing on a five-string banjo, while a well-dressed African American couple dances in the background [all but the final page of music are missing]; Publisher: Erie

Hannah's Promenade / Words By J. H Ellis, J. H. Ellis

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: description reads cake-walk; Publisher: x

Down South / Words By W.H. Myddleton, W. H. Myddleton, Jos. W. Stern And Co. (London)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: caricature drawings of four scenes labeled Big Boot Dance, Cake Walk, Minstrels, and Sand Dancers; Publisher: Jos. W. Stern and Co. (London)

The Belle Of Georgia Cake Walk / By Wm. S. Glynn, Wm. S. Glynn, Wm. J. Lefavour (New York)

Sheet Music, Undated

Cover: illustration of man in top hat, woman in floral hat with bow, high stepping together; Publisher: Wm. J. Lefavour (Salem, Mass.); includes torn pages

Afro-Cuba Transnational: Recordings And The Mediation Of Afro-Cuban Traditional Music, Johnny Frias

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation analyzes the way audio and video recordings and the internet have impacted, shaped, and helped create a transnational Afro-Cuban music scene. My focus will be on the most popular and widely-recorded genres of Afro-Cuban music—rumba and the religious repertoire of Santería, particularly batá drumming—both of which I also perform regularly with other Cuban musicians in Miami. Incorporating interviews, online ethnographic research, and participant-observation as a musician, my research has three main arguments.

First, recordings of Afro-Cuban music helped create a transnational Afro-Cuban music scene by increasing the popularity of these traditions outside of Cuba, including their amateur performance …

In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

American girls and women used the parlor piano to reshape their lives between 1880 and 1920, the years when the instrument reached the height of its commercial and cultural popularity. Newspapers, memoirs, biographies, women’s magazines, personal papers, and trade publications show that female pianists engaged in public-facing piano play and work in pursuit of artistic expression, economic gain, self-actualization, social mobility, and social change. These motivations drove many to use their piano skills to play beyond the parlor, by studying in conservatory, working as classical and popular music performers and composers, founding and teaching at schools, working as department store …

From Inclusion To Inclusivity: A Scoping Review Of Community Music Scholarship, Deanna Yerichuk, Justis Krar

Music Faculty Publications

This article investigates how community music scholarship has taken up inclusion. Using a modified scoping review methodology, the authors analysed 47 articles published in the International Journal of Community Music from 2008 to 2018, examining how scholars have defined and operationalized the terms ‘inclusion’ and ‘inclusivity’, which were used interchangeably in the literature. The authors found that inclusion was often normatively invoked with no definition or approaches provided. In those articles that provided more detail about inclusion, many focused on musical access, such as removing auditions and not requiring previous music skill or knowledge, and processes of musical inclusion, such …

Footprints Of Resilience: Tracking The Career Development Steps Of African American Male Musicians, Patrice Tiffany Leshay Bax

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

For African American (AA) male musicians, the road toward career advancement in the entertainment industry is particularly arduous. Despite many difficulties on the journey to career success, the history of gospel, R&B, jazz, and funk music is evidence that many AA male musicians find their way to develop and advance their careers. Many AA male musicians find career development and advancement opportunities through religious and sacred institutions. However, the journey to become a professional musician for AA males is fluid and not formalized causing ambiguity in the steps taken to enter this career field and sustain growth in a rapidly …

The Shape Of You: Music's Impact On Identity, Codi Yhap

Music Summer Fellows

Investigating the multiple functions of music, scholars from various fields have expressed that music can regulate moods and emotions while providing listeners a way to navigate their identity. Focusing primarily on the genre of rap, this research has placed the field of Music and Emotion in conversation with Hip-Hop studies. The field of Music and Emotion has thoroughly measured/examined listener thought processes, bodily response, and cultural influences when engaging with music. Despite the rise in scholarship addressing popular music and emotion, the field rarely includes popular music in its discussions unless, perhaps, the genre is jazz. Recognizing that there are …

Dance Of Exile: The Sakharoffs’ Visual Performances In Montevideo (1935–1948), Pablo Munoz Ponzo

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis explores the life-work chronology of the dancers and choreographers Clotilde von Derp (whose surname then was Sakharoff) and Alexander Sakharoff, who were exiled in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 1941 and 1948. During their stay in the Rio de la Plata region, the Sakharoffs stirred up the art scene by performing extremely detailed dances with great attention to costume design. This thesis begins with a review of the reception of the dancers’ performances by the artistic and cultural circles in Montevideo, arguing that the Sakharoffs’ “queer” trajectory resonated with the Uruguayan artistic community, influencing the creation …

For The Culture: The Importance Of A Critical Social Theory Within The Music Education Classroom, Brianna Thomas

Senior Honors Theses

This paper will analyze the history of music education in the United States and discuss how the music classroom can contribute to and dismantle social inequalities including social class, gender, and race. Class effects music education by creating barriers to necessary resources and opportunities as a result of economic positions.[1] Gender is the second focus because music has historically been a male-dominated profession. As a result, many textbooks and curriculum highlight the achievements of men while erasing the contributions of women which has taught women to devalue their own work.[2] The last focus is race. While the arts …

Zemlja And Pioneer Day, Natalie D-Napoleon

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Poems: Zemlja and Pioneer Day by West Australia born author Natalie D-Napoleon.

Snorkel Virgin, Emma J. Young

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Snorkel Virgin

Plunging Down Under, Ian Smith

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Plunging Down Under

Solastalgia, Nostalgia, Exhilarating, Immersive: Landscapes: Heritage Ii, David F. Gray

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Landscape: Heritage II presents the scholarly and creative contributions to Landscapes, Volume 9, Issue 1.