Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967

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Chair, Fisk University Music Department; director of the Jubilee Singers, and author of American Negro Songs: a Comprehensive Collection of 230 Folk Songs, Religious and Secular; sometimes know as John Wesley Work II.

From the description of John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform]. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972612
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creatorOf Work, John W., 1901-1967. Go tell it on the mountain : negro-spiritual / John W. Work, Jr., comp. ; Barbara Hendricks, S ; Georg Riedel, cb. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Archer, Violet. Choral octavos by Yale alumni, 1897-1972 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Fisk University. Institute for Research in Black American Music. Fisk University Institute for Research in Black American Music collection, 1920-1985. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1983 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service
referencedIn Alexander, E. R. (Ernest Raymond), 1892-1960. Alexander collection of sheet music, [undated]. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Work, John Wesley (III)., 1901-1967. Papers. ca. 1944. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967. John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform]. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
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associatedWith Alexander, E. R. (Ernest Raymond), 1892-1960. person
associatedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 person
associatedWith Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973 person
associatedWith Fisk University. corporateBody
associatedWith Fisk University. Institute for Research in Black American Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Hall Johnson Choir. corporateBody
associatedWith Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958. person
associatedWith Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Jubilee Singers. corporateBody
associatedWith Rainey, Gertrude, 1886-1939. person
associatedWith Riedel, Georg, 1934-.... person
associatedWith Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937. person
associatedWith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925. person
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African American universities and colleges
African American composers
African Americans
African Americans
African American singers
Blues (Music)
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African American choral conductors
African American college teachers
African American music teachers
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Birth 1901-07-15

Death 1967-05-17

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