My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000019-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Additional Author
Katherine Handy Lewis, prf.
Date
1916
1917
1944
Publisher
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
4 pp.
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Blue cover with photo of Katherine Handy Lewis. Back cover has excerpt from "The Hesitating Blues"and a photo of Eartha Kitt.
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91079
My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000021-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
F. Henri Klickmannarr.
Date
1917
1927
Publisher
Alfred & Company Music Publishers
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Saxophone music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
1 vocal score (4 p.) : 31 cm ; V
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Green cover has drawing of Handy. Back cover lists other sheet music from publisher.
1 page: b-flat tenor sax; 1 page: e-flat alto sax; 4 pp.: Piano accompaniment in C.
First Line
[no words]
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91080
My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000022-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Additional Author
Gilda Gray, prf.
Date
1917
Publisher
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
1 vocal score (4 p.) : 31 cm ; V
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Cover is white with red border; has photo of Gilda Gray (not the same as on 000018-TENN). Back has description of Handy's book "Blues, an Anthology," along with a photo of a painting of a jazz orchestra.
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91081
My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000023-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Date
1916
1917
1944
1945
Publisher
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Motion picture music
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
African American entertainers.
Physical Description
4 pp.
Location
TENN 001
Series
"St. Louis Blues"
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Cover has black and white photos (Ella Fitzgerald; Eartha Kitt with Nat King Cole and jazz combo). Back cover has excerpt from "Yellow Dog Blues" and album cover photo of Nat King Cole.
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91082
My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000024-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Additional Author
Louis Armstrong, prf.
Date
1916
1917
1944
1945
Publisher
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
4 pp.
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Cover is blue, with several photos of Louis Armstrong. Back cover has other blues sheet music available.
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91083
My Homeland: Songs about Tennessee
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000025-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Date
1916
1917
1944
1945
Publisher
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
4 pp.
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Cover is blue with four photos, courtesy of "The Commercial Appeal," from the dedication of Handy Square, March 29, 1931. (There is a duplicate copy in plastic sleeve, not cataloged.)
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91084
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000018-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street (Blues)
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Additional Author
Gilda Gray, prf.
Date
1917
Publisher
Pace & Handy Music Co., Inc.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
1 vocal score (4 p.) : 31 cm ; V
Location
TENN 001
Series
Shubert's Gaieties of 1919
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Cover is light tan in color, with a black border; has photo of Miss Gilda Gray. Back cover has excerpt from "Joe Turner Blues."
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91196
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Song Theme
Tennessee Places
Collection
Sheet Music
Item ID
000020-TENN
Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell
Title
Beale Street Blues
Creator
Handy, W.C.
Additional Author
Benny Goodman and his orchestra, prf.
Date
1917
Publisher
Pace & Handy Music Co.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Subject
Blues music
Tennessee Songs and music
Physical Description
1 vocal score (4 p.) : 31 cm ; V
Location
TENN 001
Notes
Small sheet music. OCLC: 29506684. Blue cover has photo of Benny Goodman. Back cover lists other sheet music (blues, spirituals) from publisher.
First Line
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay,
Notation
Standard
RecordID
91197