Eubie Blake (31 results)
Language: English
Published by Shapiro Bernstein 1954
- Softcover
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, U.S.A.Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. Folio, softcover, fine, clean and unmarked in hot pink pictorial wraps. movie starred Steve Allen and Donna Reed. Music like new, clean and unmarked, 4 pp. "why can't I forget like I should?" heaven knows I would if I could.
More imagesOriginals / Musical Comedy 1909-1935 / Broadway's Great Performers of Yesterday -- And the Day Before (VINYL MUSICAL COMEDY LP)
Fannie Brice, Cole Porter, Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake, Beatrice Lillie, Helen Morgan, Eddie Cantor, etc.
Language: English
Published by RCA Victor, New York 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, U.S.A.Cat's Curiosities
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm, mono (monaural) record album, RCA Vintage Series LPV-560, near mint vinyl with orange label in near-mint purple-and-white cardboard jacket. Offers Fanny Brice ("Second Hand Rose," 1921), Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake, Helen Morg…an, Cole Porter ("You're the Top" from "Anything Goes," vocal & piano 1934), Nora Bayes, Beatrice Lillie, Eddie Cantor, etc. Early 20th Century vintage Broadway musical comedy. Reduced from $24.
Jazz Sampler for Piano
Dick Hyman; Marian McPARTLAND; Dave Brubeck; Eubie Blake; Oliver Nelson; Lalo Schifrin; Freddie Redd
Published by Edward B. Marks Music Corp/Belwin Mills
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerUnknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Pearl Music
- Softcover
Seller: GridFreed, San Diego, U.S.A.GridFreed
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.
Published by Lawrence Wright Music Co, Uk 1930
- Softcover
Seller: EbenezerBooks, Tynewydd, United KingdomEbenezerBooks
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Piano Music. some minor wear to cover, corners and edges, some minor cover creasing, few small marks on cover, anoted for ukulele and tonic sol-fa, few small chips to edges, a good copy overall, fromm the Benny Goodman Story, front cover shows picture from film. Book.
Published by Chestnut 2006
Seller: BookScene, Hull, U.S.A.BookScene
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Audio CD. Condition: Very Good. Audio CD. Condition: Very Good. Chestnut, 2006. 1 disc. Disc Quality: Excellent. Size: 5.66 x 5 x .34. Music CD CD31.
Language: English
Published by A Da Capo Paperback Press, New York, New York, U.S.A. 1991
- Softcover
Seller: Alex Simpson, Carrying Place, CanadaAlex Simpson
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Soft Cover. Condition: VG. Reprint. 244pp. with illustrations. Soil to outer edges. Wraps have light edge/rub wear. Actual book for sale pictured. 15.3 x 22.8 x 1.8cm, wt500g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, U.S.A.Reader's Corner, Inc.
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: wraps. 1975 Edition. With previous owner's name, otherwise a fine,as new, 72 page stapled paperback copy, white pictorial cover.
Published by Schirmer 1979 1979
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. EUBIE BLAKE, Schirmer, 1979, first edition, fine in an attractive dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and a large toenail size chip missing from the rear dust-wrapper panel. Illustrated with photos. Includes a filmography, discography and a piano rollography.
Loving You The Way I Do (Vintage Sheet Music)
Words by Jack Scoll and WIll Morrissey & Music by Eubie Blake
Published by Shapiro Bernstein & Co,, Inc., New York, NY 1930
- Sheet Music
Seller: Manian Enterprises, Nashua, U.S.A.Manian Enterprises
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Vintage sheet music, 6 pages. Front cover: drawing of a seated lady, a heart with a silhouette of a couple kissing and a drawing of Mickey Alpert. Originally introduced in Will Morrissey's "Hot Rhythm". Back cover: ads for other songs. Measures approx. 9" x 12". Some folds, scuffing and minor ch…ipping to cover edges, but in generally great condition. Great decorative cover art. Cover Art - Barbelle (illustrator).
Published by Eubie Blake Music/Brooklyn, NY 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, U.S.A.Table of Contents
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4to. 72 pp. Trade paperback, booklet format. General wear to covers. Clean, unmarked copy.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by New World Records, New York
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of this LP: plays beautifully, no scratches / skipping. [Please note: Due to the size extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].
- Softcover
- Sheet Music
Seller: CONTINUO Noten-Buch-Versand, Spabrücken, GermanyCONTINUO Noten-Buch-Versand
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Noten. Klavier. Spielpartitur 8 S. .
- Hardcover
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, AustraliaDial-A-Book
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Condition: Very Good. F. 8vo. hardcover. 244pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, light foxing to edge of text-block. /Very good d/w.
Published by Hawthorn Books 1976
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, U.S.A.Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Includes discography. Binding is cloth.
Published by Edward B. Marks Music Corporation 1975
Seller: Tin Can Mailman, Arcata, Arcata, U.S.A.Tin Can Mailman, Arcata
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1975. Good condition. Shelf wear and some very minor scuffs. No visible marks in the text block. Binding is sturdy. Pictures upon request.
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, U.S.A.Daniel Montemarano
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Fine. 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" card SIGNED (inscribed) by composer-pianist Eubie Blake . Comes with a unsigned B&W photo of Blake. SIGNED CARD.
Published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York 1949
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Sheet music. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Scattered foxing throughout, minor edgewear, and the exterior rubbed, still a complete and very good copy. For voice and piano with chord diagrams for guitar and chord names for ukulele and banjo. Plate imprint, "M.…W. & Sons 16482-3." The front cover advertises the film *Jolson Sings Again* starring Larry Parks and Barbara Hale.
More images- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, U.S.A.M.S. Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this biography of popular music legend and pioneering Black composer and entertainer Eubie Blake. First emerging in the vaudeville era, Eubie Blake was eclectic master of popular sounds including ragtime, bo…ogie woogie, show tunes, and jazz. In a major milestone, he co-created the first all Black Broadway musical with the 1921 "Shuffle Along" and late his career become the centerpiece of another Broadway musical "Eubie." Inscribed by Eubie Blake to a previous owner on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Warner Brothers Inc., New York 1921
- Softcover
- Sheet Music
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, U.S.A.Singularity Rare & Fine
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. As New; see scans and description. New York: Warner Brothers Inc., 1921. 'I'm Just Wild About Harry' Vintage Sheet Music, 1921. Deluxe Edition. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake (Words and Music). Tall quarto (12" x 9"), center-folded wraps, 4 pp. Rather startlingly As New. No flaws. Though 1921 is the on…ly stated date on the piece, the original Warner Brothers price sticker of $2.50 (lower right, front cover), and the superior condition might indicate this was produced at some point in time more recent than that. Other examples with the product code number V50282 (upper left, front cover) do not appear on the internet. Sharp, handsome, collectible. See all scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. Lph2.
Language: English
- Hardcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 6. A perfect gift f…or your loved ones. Reprinted from 1919 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 6.
Language: English
- Hardcover
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 6. A perfect gift f…or your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 6.
Language: English
- Hardcover
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 6. A perfect gift f…or your loved ones. Reprinted from 1919 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 6.
Published by Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia 1931
- Manuscript
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, U.S.A.Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. [4] p.: cartoon; 22 cm. Book by Flourney E. Miller [Flournoy E. Miller]; music and lyrics by Eubie Blake and Andy Razaf; costumes designed by Vincente Minnelli; orchestra under direction of Eubie Blake. Featured Ethel Waters, Berry Brothers, Eubie Blake and his Blackbird Orchestra; Cecil Mack's Blackbird Ch…oir; and Flourney E. Miller. Other performers included Minto Cato, Mantan Moreland, Helena Justa, Dusty Fletcher, Blue McAllister, Jimmie Baskette, and Neeka Shaw. "The Porgy Travesty number is given by request in order to permit Miss Ethel Waters an opportunity to give her own version of the popular St. Louis Blues." Songs: Roll, Jordan; Cabin Door; Blackbirds Are Blue; Mozambique; Lucky to Me; Take a Trip to Harlem; Memories of You; Specialty; Somewhere in Harlem; Waking Up the Folks Downstairs; Always Broke Porgy; We're the Berries; and Diana Lee. Illustrated advertisement on back (p. [4]) for a limerick contest in the Evening Ledger. In Very Good Condition: lightly creased; clean and intact.
Published by M. Witmark 1945
- Softcover
- Signed
- Sheet Music
Seller: katlazuli books & music, DULUTH, U.S.A.katlazuli books & music
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The music was first published in 1921 when it was a hit from the musical "Shuffle Along" by the two jazz composers, Sissle and Blake. This Victory Version has another lyric at the inside front page as a Truman celebration. Above the Victory Version is Eubie Blake signed in black ink. The m…usic is three pages with piano and guitar chords. Featured on the front and back covers are b/w photos of Harry Truman. Music measures 9" x 12-1/4." Also found inside the music is a letter copy from Marion Blake promoting the book Reminiscing with Sissle & Blake and a 1976 catalog of Sissle & Blake jazz, ragtime, and vocal recordings. The music is in good condition. It appears that there was a tear at the lower front on Truman's arm but it has been mended or glued nicely. Smudges and light red bleed from the front are at the inside center fold; smudging on the first page of the song at the left side edge. Crease line at the front left bottom corner and light wear at the spine ends of cover. Sheet music.
A Musical Jubilee
Strauss, Johann; Jerome Kern; Cole Porter; Victor Herbert; Franz Lehar; Sigmund Romberg; Eubie Blake; Arthur Schwartz; Jimmy McHugh; George Gershwin; etc. etc. Filler dialogue uncredited
Published by Printer: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc, New York 1975
- Hardcover
- Manuscript
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good Minus. A type-written program and script for a musical revue starring some of the biggest names in Broadway musical theater at the time: John Raitt, Tammy Grimes, Dick Shawn, Larry Kert, Patrice Munsell, Cyril Ritchard. And not known for musicals but another big name: Lillian Gish. The script is dated Septem…ber; the show opened in November 13 the same year at the St. James Theatre, and it ran until February 1, 1976. Our copy has the inked ownership inscription of one of the actors/singers in the production, Dennis Perrin -- perhaps not as well-known as some of the others, but a working actor on Broadway at the time. 4to. 29 by 23 cm. Six leaves followed by paginated leaves, with a few inserts but also missing numbers, reflecting undoubtedly changes in the script and choice of song during the rehearsal period. The revue was made up of generally well-known standards with scripted dialogue interspersed. We assume that there was plenty of extemporaneous dialogue in other places, and the scripted dialogue was never followed religiously, with liberties taken here and there even with the well-known songs. It would seem that the impetus for the show, though, was to pay homage to the old chestnuts at a time the American musical was undergoing some radical change -- the same year as this "A Chorus Line" opened, which offers the perfect counterpoint to what was being done here. The only institutional copy of a script for this revue that shows up on OCLC First Search is at the Library of Congress, which of course would have to have a copy. It is possible the LOC has several different versions of the script; we can't say what they have is identical to this one. One could think that the musical wasn't helped by performers past their prime, but that wouldn't be entirely true. Take Tammy Grimes -- her next show after this was "California Suite", a huge hit for Neil Simon in 1976, in which Grimes starred in all three of the plays making up the Suite. And other stars such as John Raitt and Larry Kert might not have been able to repeat their earlier successes, but that was not because there was anything wrong with their voices -- John Raitt voice still had beauty and heft when he performed with his daughter years later, and Larry Kert one could say had some near misses. And both were surely not helped by changing styles and attitudes regarding musical theatre. Ultimately the problem with a show such as this is that it was a potluck of second servings. These performers would have gone for a decent new book musical if one were offered to them, and likewise, the audience could too buy tickets for new book musicals such as "Chorus Line". Condition: Light to moderate wear. Limp Leather. Stab binding, with brass clasps.
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 8. A perfect gift f…or your loved ones. Reprinted from 1917 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: No linguistic content Pages: 8.
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 8. A perfect gift f…or your loved ones. Reprinted from 1919 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: No linguistic content Pages: 8.
Published by Leo Feist, New York 1968
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star seller4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rare: OCLC locates only the Yale and the British Library copies. This example bears a gift inscription to Clarence L. Holte (1909-1993), the prominent African-American bibliophile and publisher of "The Basic Afro-American Reprint Library" Pictorial self wrappers with photo of King on upper c…over. Very good.
More imagesGood Night Angeline. [Sheet Music]
[African-Americana World War I Harlem Hellfighters] Europe, Lieut. James Reese; Sissle, Noble; Blake, Eubie
Published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York City 1919
- Sheet Music
Seller: Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB, Marlboro, U.S.A.Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerJames Reese Europe (18811919) was a composer and bandleader instrumental in the transition from ragtime to jazz, whose popularity and influence is impossible to overstate. He conducted the Clef Club Orchestra in New York City, which only played music by African-American composers and was the first Black orchestra to perform at C…arnegie Hall. Europe's Society Orchestra toured the country with dancers Vernon and Irene Castle, popularizing ragtime dancing. In 1916, Europe enlisted with the 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, a primarily Black regiment that became one of the most highly decorated American units in World War I. Europe was a second lieutenant and led the Hellfighters Band, which toured France in 1818 and is credited with bringing jazz to the continent of Europe. James Europe died in Boston in 1919 when a member of his band, taking issue with Europe's criticism, stabbed him in the neck during the intermission of a concert at Mechanics Hall. Offered here is the sheet music for "Good Night Angeline", composed by James Reese Europe and his frequent collaborators, Noble Sissle (18891975) and James Herbert "Eubie" Blake" (18871983). The cover features a photograph of the Hellfighters Band above a portrait of Europe. We find four other copies of "Good Night Angeline", at the Oakland Public Library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. Of interest to scholars of African-American musical and military history. Small ownership stamp to top margin, some light wear, overall very good. Sheet music measuring 9 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches.
