I May Be Crazy But I Ain't No Fool

This is over-sized (4to) sheet music featuring and image of a church against the moon with bats overhead. Inserted is a photograph of the great, African-American star, Bert Williams in blackface. There is some minor edge, corner and surface wear, including some short creases and light scuffs at some extremities. A former owner's name is written near the top among the bats. Overall, this music is VG, maybe slightly better. This is one of Bert William's well-known performance songs, but it also has a wonderful group of associations. Bert Williams is featured in a photo and his duo, Williams and Walker (George Walker) is also listed. The songs is credited to Alex Rogers who was a major African-American composer and lyricist who had collaborated with Bert Williams on Williams' most famous song, Nobody. Finally, this sheet music was published by The Attucks Music Publishing Company, one of the earliest African-American music publishing houses. (Attucks was named for Revolutionary War hero Crispus Attucks.) After a few year, the Attucks Company merged with another African-American music publisher, Gotham, to form Gotham-Attucks which brought connections with Will Marion Cook, Noble Sissle, James Reese Europe and other stars into the same firm with Williams, Alex Rogers and George Williams. This music not only features a popular song by a popular black performer but also acts as a palpable bit of early 20th century African-American music history. SMAA; Cover Art with Photograph of Bert Williams; 4to 11 - 13 tall; 6 with covers pages

Product Info

Publisher: The Attucks Music Publishing Company

Year: 1904

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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