Museum object · Written Music
Eighteen Original Negro Spirituals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
1938
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
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
