Originally published in 1926, this classic collection of great blues songs is arranged for piano and voice. Among the first black men to write and publish blues music, Handy did more than anyone else to make blues popular and accepted. Considered the most famous blues collection in history, it includes historical notes, tunes and arrangements, notes for each song, a bibliography, and a chart of guitar chords. Illustrated by renowned Mexican illustrator Miguel Covarrubias.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Treasure,
By bingsy (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blues: An Anthology (Paperback)
I have to admit that when I received this book it wasn't everything I expected, but I take the full blame. I made assumptions and put it on my wishlist without really reading the description fully. I felt I didn't need to know anything more than that it had illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias and that it was by Handy.
I expected more history and stories rather than actual songs with music, and I expected illustrations throughout. After receiving it I know now that it is mainly an anthology of songs, and the illustrations are limited to the introduction. This does nothing to diminish this book as a treasure in my eyes. Though the Covarubbias illustrations are much fewer than I'd imagined, they still make me breathless to look at them. Truly gorgeous. The music provided by W C Handy is itself history to me. It's just a beautiful book to own.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
THE blues sprang up, probably within the last quarter-century, among illiterate and more or less despised classes of Southern Negroes: barroom pianists, careless nomadic laborers, watchers of incoming trains and steamboats, street-corner guitar players, strumpets and outcasts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
International Copyright Secured, New York, All Rights Reserved, John Henry Blues, Handy Bros, Handy Music Publisher, Harlem Blues, Hauh Lawd, Joe Turner Blues, Broadway Room, Lawdy Lawd New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE blues sprang up, probably within the last quarter-century, among illiterate and more or less despised classes of Southern Negroes: barroom pianists, careless nomadic laborers, watchers of incoming trains and steamboats, street-corner guitar players, strumpets and outcasts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
International Copyright Secured, New York, All Rights Reserved, John Henry Blues, Handy Bros, Handy Music Publisher, Harlem Blues, Hauh Lawd, Joe Turner Blues, Broadway Room, Lawdy Lawd New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 14
books:
See all 14 books this book cites
38
books
cite this book:
See all 38 books citing this book
- Rhapsody in Blue: Solo Piano (Original) by George Gershwin on 4 pages
- The Great Gatsby (Textplus) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald in Front Matter
- Great Gatsby (Penguin Longman Reader Level 5) by Fitzgerald F Scott in Front Matter
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Front Matter
- Catch of the Season (Zebra Regency Romance) by Regina Scott in Front Matter
See all 14 books this book cites
- Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds (Music in American Life) by Carol J. Oja on page 59, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 (American Made Music) by Richard J. Ripani in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by David Schiff on page 41, and Back Matter
- Music of the Common Tongue: Survival and Celebration in African American Music (Music Culture) by Christopher Small on page 262, and page 267
- American Negro Songs: 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular (Dover Books on Music) by John W. Work on page 31, and Back Matter
See all 38 books citing this book
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
