Early Published Blues and Proto-Blues (1850–1915)

Name: Early Published Blues and Proto-Blues (1850–1915)
SKU: MU33/A093
Price: 380.00 USD

Series: American Music Publisher: A-R Editions, American Musicological Society

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Edited by Peter C. Muir

MU33/A093 Early Published Blues and Proto-Blues (1850–1915)

978-1-9872-0885-6 Full Score (2024) 9x12, xlvi + 499 pp.

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Valentine, Jr.: 1913 Medley Blues (ORCH PARTS)

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Set of 16 partbooks: 1010 0110 drums, pn. 33221

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Abstract

This volume is a critical edition of early blues-related sheet music, including forty-three known blues songs and instrumental compositions from the first four years of the blues industry, 1912–15, and twenty-four pre-1912 proto-blues; that is, published works stylistically related to the emerging blues style (for instance, using a twelve-bar blues sequence) from 1850–1912. The purpose of the edition is to present in systematic form, and for the first time, the rise of popular blues culture. Up until 1920, sheet music was the dominant medium of blues dissemination. The first blues recordings did not appear until 1914, two years after the appearance of sheet music; furthermore, almost all the recordings of blues that did appear before 1920 were of pre-existent published compositions. This situation only changed with the rise of the race record industry in the 1920s when the identity of blues became increasingly linked to recordings. For this earliest period of blues history, the documentation offered by sheet music is crucial. A majority of this music has not been reissued since its original publication, while some has never been published at all, and exists only as copyright deposits in the Library of Congress. As a body of work, it is little known to historians and musicians despite its importance to the understanding of the evolution of blues and popular music.

Contents

Proto-Blues 1850–1912

1. I Have Got the Blues (1850) Sarah M. Graham, Gustave Blessner

2. Oh Ain’t I Got the Blues! (1871) A. A. Chapman

3a. Looking for a Bully (1895) Joseph E. Howard

3b. May Irwin’s “Bully” Song (1896) Charles E. Trevathan

4. Dis Coon Has Got de Blues (1897) Ferdinand C. Mock, J. W. Murray

5. I Natur’ly Loves That Yaller Man (1898) Lawrence Deas, Jack Wilson

6. Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes (1900) Hughie Cannon, John Queen

7. You Needn’t Come Home (1901) Hughie Cannon

8. I’ve Got de Blues (1901) Chris Smith, Elmer Bowman

9a. He Done Me Wrong (1904) Hughie Cannon

9b. Bill, You Done Me Wrong (1908) Bert Leighton, Frank Leighton

10. One o’ Them Things? (1904) James Chapman, Leroy Smith

11. I Got the Blues (1908) Antonio Maggio

12. Gee, But I’ve Got the Blues (1909) J. R. Shannon

13a. I’m Alabama Bound (Piano Version, 1909) Robert Hoffman

13b. I’m Alabama Bound (Song Version, 1910) Robert Hoffman, John J. Puderer

14. Bad-Rag (1910) Antonio Maggio

15. Stack-o-Lee (1910) The Three White Kuhns

16. Alamo Rag (1910) Ben Deely, Percy Wenrich

17a. Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (Song Version, 1911) Chris Smith

17b. Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (Piano Version, 1911) Chris Smith

18. Oh You Beautiful Doll (1911) Nat D. Ayer, A. Seymour Brown

19. When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary (1911) Lewis F. Muir, Edgar Leslie

20. I’m a “Do-Right” Woman Looking for a “Do-Right” Man (1912) Lewis F. Muir, Edgar Leslie

21. Frankie and Johnny (1912) Bert Leighton, Frank Leighton, Ren Shields

22. You’re My Baby (1912) Nat D. Ayer, A. Seymour Brown

23. All Night Long (1912) Shelton Brooks

24. Let’s Go to Savannah G. A. (1912) Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams, L. Wolfe Gilbert

Blues 1912–1915

25. The Blues (1912) Chris Smith, James Tim Brymn

26. Baby Seals Blues (1912) H. Franklin “Baby” Seals

27a. Dallas Blues (First Piano Version, 1912) Anonymous

27b. Dallas Blues (Second Piano Version, n.d.) Hart A. Wand

27c. Dallas Blues (Song Version, 1918) Hart A. Wand, Lloyd Garrett

28a. The Memphis Blues (Piano Version, 1912) W. C. Handy

28b. The Memphis Blues (Song Version, 1913) W. C. Handy, George A. Norton

29a. The Negro Blues (1912) Le Roy “Lasses” White

29b. Nigger Blues (1913) Le Roy “Lasses” White

30a. 1913 Medley Blues (Orchestra Version, 1913) Alex M. Valentine, Jr.

30b. 1913 Medley Blues (Piano Version, 1913) Alex M. Valentine, Jr.

31. Blues (1913) Edna May Burrows, Jack Stanley

32. The Jogo Blues (1913) W. C. Handy

33. I’ve Got the Blues (1913) Philip Baxter

34a. The Florida Blues (Two Instrumental Versions, 1914) William King Phillips

34b. The Florida Blues (Song Version, 1917) William King Phillips, Hezekiah Jenkins, Charles A. Jones

35. The Original Blues (1914) Ted S. Barron

36a. Fort Worth Blues (Manuscript Version, 1914) Euday L. Bowman

36b. Fort Worth Blues (Published Version, 1915) Euday L. Bowman

37. New York Tango Blues (1914) William N. Spiller

38. Alamo Blues (1914) Philip L. Eubank

39. The Long Lost Blues (1914) H. Alf Kelley, J. Paul Wyer

40. The Saint Louis Blues (1914) W. C. Handy

41. I’ve Got the Weary Blues (1914) Johnnie Anderson, Jesse Smith

42a. Kansas City Blues (Piano Version, 1914) Euday L. Bowman

42b. Kansas City Blues (Song Version, 1916) Euday L. Bowman, George H. Bowles

43. Blues (1914) Billie House, Pat Patterson

44. The Railroad Blues (1914) Westbrook H. Carr

45. Colorado Blues (1914) Euday L. Bowman

46. The Yellow Dog Rag (1914) W. C. Handy

47. I Got the Blues (1914) John E. McKinnon

48. The Broadway Blues (1915) Terry Sherman, J. Brandon Walsh

49. Chinese Blues (1915) Oscar Gardner, Fred D. Moore

50. The Original Chicago Blues (1915) James White

51a. Hesitation Blues (1915) Scott Middleton, Billy Smythe

51b. The Hesitating Blues (1915) W. C. Handy

52. The Tar-Heel Blues (1915) James Tim Brymn

53. Just Blues (1915) Dorothy Harris

54a. Oklahoma Blues (First Version, 1915) Willard Robison, Bud Brownie

54b. Oklahoma Blues (Second Version, 1915) Willard Robison

55. The So Different Blues (1915) William Eugene Wright

56. The Jelly Roll Blues (1915) Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton

57. The Snakey Blues (1915) William Nash

58. Old Kentucky Blues (1915) J. Homer Tutt, Salem Tutt Whitney, James J. Vaughan

59. Tipperary Blues (1915) Euday L. Bowman

60. The Weary Blues (1915) Artie Matthews

61. Rice Hotel Blues (1915) Jimmie Marten

62. A Bunch of Blues (1915) H. Alf Kelley, J. Paul Wyer

63. Mexican Blues (1915) William Eugene Wright

64. The Coburn’s Blues (1915) William King Phillips

65. Joe Turner Blues (1915) W. C. Handy

66. Bernard Hall Blues (1915) Morris Victor, Benjamin H. Homer

67. The Irish Blues (1915) J. Brandon Walsh, Ernie Erdman