Various publishers, 1930–1949. Three titles as follows: J’ai deux Amours. Fox-trot chanté par Josephine Baker. Paris: Éditions Salabert, 1930. 4 pp. Fine condition;. A tight, visually appealing trio of illustrated Parisian sheet music issues tracing Josephine Baker’s arc from Jazz Age sensation to postwar cultural legend. J’ai deux Amours—arguably her.....
Paris: c. 1930. RPPC measuring 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. A photographic portrait of Josephine Baker taken by Henri Manuel and published by AN Paris as number 66 in a series (other examples in this series are taken by other photographers). The verso is full of a letter in.....
Winston-Salem, North Carolina: May 1945. Four page program measuring 6 x 9 inches. A program for a dance performance at Winston-Salem Teachers College in May of 1945. Now known as Winston-Salem State University, the college is a historically Black public university and part of the University of North Carolina system.....
New York and Washington: Various publishers, 1945–1955. A group of illustrated programs documenting mid-century performances of the dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American dance. Trained in anthropology at the University of Chicago, Dunham conducted field research in Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique.....
Chicago, Illinois: Maurice Seymour, 1947. Five photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches. Maurice Seymour was the photographic studio of Russian immigrant brothers Maurice (1900–1993) and Seymour Zeldman (1902–1995), known for their ballet photography and for shooting celebrity subjects from Nina Simone to Judy Garland. Offered here are five photographs taken.....
Geneseo, New York: October 1973. Approximately 18 x 24 inches. Large newspaper advertisement for “Cultural Experience Weekend” at State University of New York, Geneseo, organized by the Activities Commission and Kuumba Weusi Watu, presumably student interest groups. Speakers include Dr. Charles Hurst, then President of Malcom X College in Chicago.....
Philadelphia: Firth, Meignen & Co., Publishers & Importers of Music and Musical Instruments, No. 41 Chestnut Street, [c. 1837]. Seven pages, complete, including dance figures. Folio sheet music. A rare early American operatic dance arrangement by Francis Johnson (1792–1844), widely regarded as the first published Black composer in the United.....
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., [c. 1914]. Folio sheet music, illustrated color pictorial cover. 5 pp. (including cover). Approximately 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. A dance-era publication composed by James Reese Europe (1881–1919) and introduced by the celebrated ballroom team Vernon and Irene Castle during the height.....
New York: G. Ricordi & Co., [c. 1914–1915]. Folio sheet music, 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches, illustrated pictorial cover. 5 pp. (including cover). A dance-era waltz by the influential African American bandleader and composer James Reese Europe (1881–1919), issued during the height of the early twentieth-century ballroom dance revival.....
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1914. Folio sheet music, illustrated color pictorial cover. 5 pp. (including cover), 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Typical light edge wear; bright example with strong color. A classic dance-era publication composed by James Reese Europe (1881–1919) in collaboration with Ford T. Dabney.....
New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1915. Folio sheet music, illustrated color pictorial cover featuring a photographic image of society dancers Maurice and Florence Walton. 5 pp. (including cover). Approximately 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. A striking ragtime-era dance publication for “The Tar-Heel Blues,” composed by the African American.....
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co., [c. 1890s]. Folio sheet music, illustrated pictorial cover printed in orange. 5 pp. (including cover). Approximately 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. A decorative late nineteenth-century dance publication for “Trocha,” described on the cover as “A Cuban Dance,” composed by the African American.....