Big Indian Chief

Creator

Robert Allen Cole
John Rosamond Johnson

Files

Publisher

Joseph W. Stern and Company

Publication Date

1904

Abstract

The piano and vocal score for "Big Indian Chief" with lyrics by Robert Allen Cole, a Black lyricist, and music by John Rosamond Johnson, a Black composer. The cover declares this version was "written especially for the 16th annual production of the Mask and Wig Club of the University of Pennsylvania." This score uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.

Keywords

Indigenous peoples, Popular music, African American sheet music, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond) Johnson (1873-1954), Bob Cole (1868-1911), Kickapoo, Mask and Wig Club, University of Pennsylvania

Extent

8 pages

Physical Collection

Black American Sheet Music

Call Number

Special Collections: AFR M1630.2.J6335 B55 1904

Language

English

Media Type

Scores (Documents for music)

Identifier

A65-00005

Recommended Citation

Cole, Robert Allen and Johnson, John Rosamond, "Big Indian Chief" (1904). Black American Sheet Music Collection. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/aa_sheet_music/5