On View
Musical Crossroads Gallery
Exhibition
Musical Crossroads
Published by
Mills Music Incorporated, 1919 - 1965
Written by
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, American, 1915 - 1973
Date
1938
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12 × 9 × 1/8 in. (30.5 × 22.9 × 0.3 cm)
Description
Thirty-two (32) page booklet of sheet music. The front cover features an image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar in a grayscale image centered on blue background. The title features above the graphic in blue text printed over a black background [Eighteen Original Negro Spirituals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe].Beneath the image is much smaller blue text printed over a black background which reads [Spirituals with an Original and Appealing Religious Quality Set Down/Exactly as Sung by SISTER THARPE Since Infancy in Negro Churches/All Over the Country]. The Mill Music logo is shown centered along the bottom edge to the left of the price, printed in black text in a white-square background [$1.25].
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Written Music
Type
songbooks
Topic
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Religion
Singers (Musicians)
Spirituals (Music)
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
Object number
2014.98.7
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59ad67216-8911-4123-a33f-0c3c192dcfb9

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