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Bibliography
Johnson, J. R., Utica Jubilee Singers Sfirituals. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1930.
For male voices in harmony. An important Introduction by C. W. Hyne contains a valuable classification of Negro folksongs. Johnson, J. W. and J. R., The Book of American Negro Sfirituals and The Second Book of American Negro Sfirituals. New York: Viking Press, 1925, 1926. Journal of American Folk-Lore. 1888—
There is an Index to Vol. I-XL, covering the years 1888—1927, published as Volume XIV of the Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society and distributed by G. E. Stechert and Co., New York, in 1930. In Vol. XLI of the Journal, pp. 1—60, will be found an important "Bibliography of Amer­ican Folklore, 1915—28," compiled by Alexander Lesser. The Journal is the most important publication named in the present Bibliography. Kennedy, R. E., Black Cameos. New York: A. & C. Boni, 1924.
Sketches and songs. Kennedy, R. E., Mellows. New York: A. & C. Boni, 1925.
Negro work songs, street cries, and spirituals. Kennedy, R. E., More Mellows. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1931.
Accompaniments free but not difficult. Entertaining descriptions of the singers. Korson, G. G., Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miner. New York:
Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, 1927. Krehbiel, H. E., Afro-American Folk Songs. New York: G. Schirmer, 1914.
Pioneer work by distinguished critic of music. Larkin, M., and Black, H., Singing Cowboy. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1931.
Simple accompaniments. Lomax, John A., Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1910.
Revised with additions, 1916; several reprints. Lomax, John A., Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camf. New York: The
Macmillan Co., 1919. Luce, Allena, Canciones Pofulares. New York: Silver, Burdett 8c Co., 1921. Contains many songs and children's games from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Mexico. Lummis, C. F., The Land of Poco Tiemfo. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906.
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