Sheet music for "Before the White Man Came" by Suliaman El-Hadi
date: label: Date
content: 1972
name: label: Written by
content: Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995
label: Published by
content: Spoet Publishing Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Handwritten sheet music for the piece "Before the White Man Came". Handwritten at top of sheet music is, [BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME / Written by / Suliaman El-Hadi]. Handwritten on bottom of sheet music is, [© Spoet Publishing Corp. 1972 Copyright]. Handwriting appears on front and back of paper, with folded inside being blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spoken word (Poetry)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
label: Movement
content: Black Nationalism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.40.8.1
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Folded): 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Unfolded): 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.8 × 48.3 cm)