BEALE STREET And Other Classic Blues

BEALE STREET
And Other Classic Blues

38 Works, 1901-1921

Edited by David A. Jasen

This treasury of classic blues includes 38 songs and instrumental pieces from the first two decades of this century—the era that witnessed the birth and initial popularity of the blues. Written by such masters as the legendary W C. Handy, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and the prolific Luckeyth (“Lucky”) Roberts, this bountiful collection includes:

Beale Street
The Hesitating Blues
Joe Turner Blues
The Down Home Blues
Crazy Blues
The Farmyard Blues
Long Gone

The Memphis Blues
The Jelly Roll Blues
Railroad Blues
If You Don’t Believe I Love You
I’m Crazy ‘Bout Your Lovin’
99 Blues
The St. Louis Blues

and 24 other classics of the era.

Reproduced directly from rare sheet music (including the original covers), this collection will thrill both amateur and professional players and all lovers of the great popular music of yesteryear.

Original Dover (1998) publication. Compiled and reprinted from individual sheet music editions by various publishers. Introduction by David A. Jasen. 160pp. 9 x 12. Paperbound.

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ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND AND OTHER FAVORITE SONG HITS, 1901—1911, David A. Jasen (ed.). 224pp. 9 x 12. (USO) 25331-7 Pa.
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Free Dover Music Catalog (59057-7) available upon request.

ISBN 0-486-40183-9

90000 9 780486 401836

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