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Johnson, J. Rosamond [John Rosamund]
composer, singer, musician
born: 11 Aug 1873 |
Jacksonville, Florida / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
died: 11 Nov 1954 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 1 |
African American composers
The above item is part of :
Horne, Aaron
Baker, David N.
Brass music of black composers : a bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by David N. Baker
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996
White, Evelyn Davidson
Choral music by African American composers
A selected, annotated bibliography
Second edition
Compiled by Evelyn Davidson White
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996, 226 p.
Smith, Eric Ledell
Blacks in opera.
An encyclopedia of people and companies, 1873-1993
By Eric Ledell Smith
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1995, 236 p.
Young, Carlton R.
Companion to the United Methodist hymnal
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993, 940 p.
Number of People : 691
Barlow, William
Morgan, Thomas L.
From cakewalks to concert halls.
An illustrated history of African American popular music from 1895 to 1930
By Thomas L. Morgan and William Barlow
Washington, DC: Elliot & Clark, 1992, 132 p.
Roach, Hildred
Black American music : past and present
Second edition
Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668 p.
Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.
Number of People : 2,319
Perry, Frank, Jr.
Afro-american vocal music
A select guide to fifteen composers
Berrien Springs, Michigan: Vande Vere Publishing Ltd., 1991, 133 p.
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Horne, Aaron
Lerma, Dominique-Rene de
String music of black composers
A bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by Dominique-Rene de Lerma
New York: Greenwood Press, 1991
      (Series: Music Reference Collection; 33)
Turner, Patricia
Dictionary of Afro-American performers
78 rpm and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c1900-1949
New York & London: Garland, 1990
White Shows with Individual Songs by Black Composers
Appendix A In:
Riis, Thomas L.
Just before jazz : black musical theater in New York, 1890-1915
London: Institution Press, 1989, 309 p.
Riis, Thomas L.
Just before jazz : black musical theater in New York, 1890-1915
London: Institution Press, 1989, 309 p.
New York Shows by Black Composers 1898-1915
Appendix B In:
Riis, Thomas L.
Just before jazz : black musical theater in New York, 1890-1915
London: Institution Press, 1989, 309 p.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Carter, Madison H.
An annotated catalog of composers of African ancestry
New York: Vantage Press, 1986
Brooks, Tilford
America's black musical heritage
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984, 336 p.
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.
Number of People : 3,986
White, Evelyn Davidson
Choral music by Afro-American composers
A selected, annotated bibliography
Compiled by Evelyn Davidson White
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Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
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Number of People : 1,184
Black power in the 1920's
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The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
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Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
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Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
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Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
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Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.
Number of People : 6,198
Merwe, Deur F.Z. van der
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Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
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Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
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Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
New York: Scarecrow Press, 1964, 405 p.
Number of People : 5,157
Burton, Jack
The blue book of tin pan alley
A human interest encyclopedia of American popular music
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Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House, 1962, 304 p.
Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
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Number of People : 649
Spaeth, Edmund
Music and dance in New York State
New York: Bureau of Music Research, 1952
Number of People : 863
Famous old-time ballads and songs which should never die
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Howard, John Tasker
Mendel, Arthur
Our contemporary composers : American music in the twentieth century
By John Tasker Howard with the assistance of Arthur Mendel
Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1941, 447 p.
Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
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Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.
Number of People : 10,576
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
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Number of People : 6,835
Witmark, Isidore
Goldberg, Isaac
The story of the house of Witmark : From ragtime to swingtime
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Handy, William Christopher
Negro authors and composers of the United States
By W.C. Handy.
New York: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc., 1938, 24 p.
Cuney-Hare, Maud
Negro musicians and their music
Washington, D. C.: Associated Publishers, Inc., 1936
Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
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Number of People : 5,340
Mather, F.L.
Who's who of the colored race ... men and women of African descent
Vol. 1. 1915 ...
Edited by F.L. Mather.
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