Written Music

Ain'-a That Good News

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881 · 1937; printed later

As Long as I Live

Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986 · 1934

Balm In Gilead

G. Ricordi & Co., Inc., Italian, 1808 - 1994 · 1914; published 1954

Bess, You Is My Woman

Gershwin Publishing Corp. · 1935

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973 · 1931

Eighteen Original Negro Spirituals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Mills Music Incorporated, 1919 - 1965 · 1938

General La Fayette Bugle Waltz.

Francis Johnson, American, 1792 - 1844 · 1824

Good Night Angeline

James Reese Europe, American, 1881 - 1919 · 1919

Harlem on my Mind

Irving Berlin, American, 1888 - 1989 · 1933

He's Up Against The Real Thing Now

Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922 · 1898

I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

George Gershwin, American, 1898 - 1937 · 1935

I've Got the World on a String

Ted L. Koehler, American, 1894 - 1973 · 1932

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?

Decca Records, British, founded 1929 · 1944

J'ai Deux Amours

Henri Varna, French, 1877 - 1969 · 1930

Jessamine

Artie Hall, American, died 1906 · 1905

Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry, American, 1926 - 2017 · 1958

Josephine, My Jo.

James T. Brymn · 1901

Juba (Dance)

Clayton F. Summy Company, American, 1894 - 1988 · 1913

Ku Klux Kismet

Mary Gue, American · 1924

Lead sheet music for "Carribee Joe"

Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974 · 1956

Love Him As He Is

Alec Wilder, American, 1907 - 1980 · 20th century

Love Will Find a Way

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983 · 1921

Lyrics for âDance with My Fatherâ handwritten by Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross, American, 1951 - 2005 · 2003

My Girl

The Temptations, American, founded 1960 · 1964

My Headache

Andy Razaf, American, 1895 - 1973 · 1932

Natural Notes of the Great Staff and the Piano Keyboard

Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987

Pilate! Pilate!

Hall Johnson, American, 1888 - 1970 · ca. 1946

Rev. Della Reese Choir Songs: "Gettin' Up"

Spiritual Icon Records, founded 2007 · 2007

Saint Louis Blues

W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958 · 1914

Seek No Further March

Horace Weston, American, 1825 - 1890 · 1883

Selections of Plantation Songs As Sung By Donavin's Famous Tennesseeans

Donavin's Famous Tennesseeans, American, founded 1873 · 1883

Sheet music for "Before the White Man Came" by Suliaman El-Hadi

Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995 · 1972

Sheet music for "Black Soldier" by Suliaman El-Hadi

Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995 · 1972

Sheet music for "Hands Off" by Suliaman El-Hadi

Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995 · 1972

Sheet music for the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society's Jubilee

Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society, American, 1861 - 1920 · 1891

St. Louis Blues

W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958 · 1928

Stevie Wonder Thought Shares

Jobete Music Co., Inc., American, founded 1959 · 1984

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen, American, 1905 - 1986 · 1933

Sweet Memories of Dixie

Laurence Jones, 1882 - 1975 · 1924

Take Your Clothes And Go

Irving Jones, American, 1874 - 1932 · 1897

The Bright Fiery Cross

Alvia O. Deree, American · 1913

The Legend of John Brown

Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000 · 1977

The Song of Hiawatha Op.30

Novello & Company, British · 1900

The VooDoo Man

Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922 · 1899

Three Times A Lady

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919 · 1978

Treemonisha: Opera in Three Acts

Scott Joplin, American, 1867 - 1917 · 1911

Underneath the Harlem Moon

Mack Gordon, American, 1904 - 1959 · 1932

When The Moon Shines

Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922 · 1904

You'll Find Old Dixieland in France

Leo Feist, Inc., American, 1909 - 1934 · 1918

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