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Music & Dance
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Shuffle Along": The Eubie Blake Collection 
 Collection about "jazz-pioneer Eubie Blake. Blake, born in Baltimore in the 1880s, went on to become one of the most popular ragtime composers of his era and one of the more influential musicians of the 20th century." Includes images of sheet music and correspondence, photos, biography, discography, audio clips, and more. From the Maryland Historical Society. http://www.mdhs.org/eubieblake/ Topics: Black Resources, Musicians Last updated Jun 24, 2009 African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920
Images of hundreds of pieces of sheet music, including "songs from the heyday of antebellum blackface minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period." Indexed by title, subject, or creator. Also includes links to essays that provide history and context. From the John Hay Library at Brown University. http://dl.lib.brown.edu/sheetmusic/afam/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Mar 7, 2006 African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University
Over 1,300 pieces of music associated with antebellum blackface minstrelsy, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and on into the 20th century. Composers include James Bland, Ernest Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will Marion Cook. "Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 21, 2006 The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s
This "online collection consists of selected correspondence, financial records, contracts, and advertising materials" relating to the Douglass Theatre in Macon, Georgia, historically "a preeminent entertainment venue for African American Georgians outside of Atlanta" that featured legendary blues performers, vaudeville acts, and silent films. Browse by title, subject, and other factors. Includes an essay on the theater, a related finding aid, suggested readings, and a list of related archival materials. From the Digital Library of Georgia. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/douglass/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Classic Motown, 1959-1988
This official website from Motown Records highlights artists from the Detroit-based record label, such as the Commodores, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, and Stevie Wonder. Includes artist profiles, audio clips, a timeline of events in Motown's history (from 1959-1988), and current news about Motown and Motown artists from that time period. http://classic.motown.com Topics: Black Resources, Industries, Music, Musicians Last updated Aug 24, 2005 Document Records
This commercial site features a database of citations of early African American classic and vintage blues, jazz, boogie-woogie, gospel, spirituals, ballads, work songs, and country music. Information includes album covers and song titles, and often a brief profile of the performers and audio clips. http://www.document-records.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Internet, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Jan 11, 2007 Duke Ellington
Biography, discography, awards, photo gallery, and a list of quotations from the jazz musician. Also includes a bibliography of books about Ellington and his music. Presented by the estate of Duke Ellington and by CMG, "the company that represents the name/image/likeness of Duke Ellington." http://www.dukeellington.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musicians, Notable People Last updated Jan 6, 2004 The Duke Ellington Society: An Appreciation of the Great Duke Ellington
An elegantly designed site produced by the Duke Ellington Jazz Society. All aspects of Ellington's art and career are covered, with special sections on his singers and on Billy Strayhorn, with music samples and links to other Ellington sites. Note: the news and links sections have not been updated recently. http://museum.media.org/duke/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musicians, Notable People Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
"A multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida." Includes recordings of blues, work songs, children's songs, dance music, and religious music; interviews; an essay by ethnologist Zora Neale Hurston; a bibliography; and links. Searchable, and browsable by performer, audio title, manuscript title, and geographic location. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/florida/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Aug 12, 2008 Free to Dance
Explores "the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form." Includes a timeline (1619-2001), historical and thematic essays, biographies of African-American dancers, recommended resources, and lesson plans. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains transcripts of interviews with those featured in the program. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/ Topics: Black Resources, Dance, Lesson Plans, Notable People Last updated Mar 15, 2004 Harlem, 1900-1940: An African-American Community
"Various elements of the history of the urban experience in Harlem's early days as the Cultural Capital of African Americans are represented here by graphic and photographic images from the Schomburg Center collection. Some of the subjects include the Schomburg Center itself, political movements, education, sports, social organizations, religion, the Harlem Hospital, theater, business and music. ... included are a map of Harlem, a time line, a bibliography and additional resources" for teachers. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 9, 2004 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
Dedicated to the "group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, [who] set out on a mission to save their financially troubled school" (Tennessee's Fisk University). Contains audio, video, a timeline, recommended resources, lyrics to spirituals popularized by the singers (including "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"), and profiles of group members. Online companion to the PBS film of same title, this site also features a program transcript, interviews with program participants, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Recreation, Religion Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Let It Resound: Sheet Music in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Exhibit of sheet music from the genres of minstrelsy (1830s to 1900s), concert spirituals (1890s to 1940s), ragtime and black musical theater (1890s to 1920s), blues and jazz (1910s to 1950s), and R&B and soul (1950s to 1970s). Includes annotated images of covers and background about selected composers and performers. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/LetItResound/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 22, 2008 Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life
An exploration of the history of the ballads, hymns, spirituals, patriotic odes, minstrel and musical works, and protest songs of the United States. "Virginiana" features audio clips of songs from each musical style explored. The exhibition’s title is taken from a hymn composed by African-American brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson in the 1800s that has come to be an anthem for Black Americans. From the University of Virginia Library. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Nov 11, 2004 Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
A biographical site celebrating "the artistic development and musical career of Marian Anderson." Includes images of early recital programs; information about her teachers, coaches, and accompanists as well as her tours; a brief history of spirituals in recital. There is a searchable collection of more than 4000 photos, plus audio clips of lieder singing and spirituals and video clips from both music and interviews. Developed from materials in archives at the University of Pennsylvania Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 4, 2005 negrospirituals.com
This site presents a brief narrative of the development of spirituals sung by blacks in the United States, along with information about singers, songs, and composers. It includes a searchable and browsable list of songs with lyrics. Also includes related links. http://www.negrospirituals.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Jan 18, 2005 Paul Robeson on the Web
A well-maintained directory of websites about singer and activist Paul Robeson, browsable within major topic areas such as biography, music, and resources related to the 1998 centennial celebration of his birth. From Princeton Public Library, New Jersey. http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/robeson/links.html Topics: Black Resources, Holidays and Observances Individually, Musicians, Notable People Last updated Jan 24, 2007 Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
An introduction to this period of the flowering of the arts: music, painting, dance, and literature in the black community in Harlem. Included are backgrounds for a few artists, a bibliography, and a chronology. http://www.iniva.org/harlem/intro.html Topics: Black Resources, Literary Movements and Periods, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 12, 2004 Wattstax
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program about "'Wattstax,' the 1973 documentary directed by Mel Stuart. In August 1972, seven years after the Watts riots, the legendary Stax recording label staged a benefit concert in Los Angeles for 90,000 people. As time went by, it became known as the Black Woodstock." Includes vintage reviews, soundtrack highlights, a filmmaker interview, and links to related information. http://www.pbs.org/pov/wattstax/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Film: Genres & Themes, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Sep 9, 2009 World-Wide Black Radio Stations
A directory of radio stations (traditional and Webcast) with music formats such as Gospel, Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Reggae, Caribbean, Soca, Reggae Dancehall, Go-Go, African, and Talk relevant to the Black community. Indexed geographically. http://www.radioblack.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Media, Musical Genres, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 25, 2004 |
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