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Bessie Smith, empress of the blues

Title
Bessie Smith, empress of the blues / compilation and biography by Chris Albertson ; notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller ; musical arrangements by George N. Terry ; edited by Clifford Richter.
Author
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
Publication
New York : Schirmer Books, 1975.

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Additional Authors
Albertson, Chris.
Description
143 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 29 cm
Uniform Title
Songs. Selections
Alternative Title
Songs.
Subject
  • Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
  • Popular music > United States
  • Blues (Music)
Note
  • Songs, principally by B. Smith; for voice and piano, with chord symbols.
  • "Transcribed from Bessie's recorded renditions."
  • Includes index.
  • Discography: p. [144]
OCLC
ocm03524189
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries