Object Details
Written by
W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958
Description
A signed copy of WC Handy's Saint Louis Blues sheet music. Front cover, light blue with a black-and-white depiction of two men by a river filled with various sized boats at the center, with [WC Handy's] at the top center in white, with [SAINT LOUIS BLUES] in black underneath, and [City of / St. Louis / 1872] in black ink in a white elaborate circle underneath the depiction, with Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. logo and address below at the center. White elaborate line decoration as border of front cover. Interior is off-white with black type. Music sheet on interior of front and back covers, with one single sheet of interior paper, with front and back as music sheets. Footer on first interior page reads [Copyright MCMXIV by W.C. Handy / Published by Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc., 1587 Broadway, N.Y.C. / International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved]. Back cover is an excerpt from W.C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues".
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
Date
1914
Object number
2014.3.22
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
sheet music
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
closed: 12 1/8 × 9 1/4 × 1/16 in. (30.8 × 23.5 × 0.2 cm)
open: 12 1/8 × 18 5/16 × 1/16 in. (30.8 × 46.5 × 0.2 cm)
Place depicted
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Written Music
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.3.22