This is a complete transcribed edition of Sir Ernest Satow’s diaries during his second stay in Japan during the Meiji restoration period. It is an indispensable primary source material for any scholar researching the early modernization of Japan and Anglo-Japanese relationship.
This 4-volume facsimile collection focuses on early minstrelsy material, particularly songs and performance records. Included are songbooks of famous Christy Minstrels, a performance guide for amateur troupes, sheet music and playbills, books that explore minstrelsy history.
The first major reprint collection of African-American music, including negro spirituals, slave songs, and African-American folk songs: crucial cultural artefacts... Læs mere