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Eighteen Original Negro Spirituals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

1938

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Thirty-two (32) page booklet of sheet music. The front cover features an image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar in a grayscale image centered on blue background. The title features above the graphic in blue text printed over a black background [Eighteen Original Negro Spirituals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe].Beneath the image is much smaller blue text printed over a black background which reads [Spirituals with an Original and Appealing Religious Quality Set Down/Exactly as Sung by SISTER THARPE Since Infancy in Negro Churches/All Over the Country]. The Mill Music logo is shown centered along the bottom edge to the left of the price, printed in black text in a white-square background [$1.25].

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Catalog reference: 2014.98.7

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