Swing along : the musical life of Will Marion Cook / Marva Griffin Carter

Av: Utgivning: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Beskrivning: 184 s. : ill., musiknoterISBN:
  • 978-0-19-510891-0
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 780.92 B 22
LC-klassifikation:
  • ML410.C7545 C37 2008
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Ijz Cook, Will Marion
Innehåll:
Boyhood ; From Oberlin to Berlin ; The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 ; The National Conservatory and beginning of musical career ; "Broadway, here I come!" ; In Dahomey ; The "students" and the stage ; Removing the "minstrel mask" ; The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I ; The Southern Syncopated Orchestra ; "A hell of a life" ; A composer's legacy ; Postlude : "Swing Along".
Sammanfattning: "Our knowledge of African American music will remain incomplete so long as the life's work of Will Marion Cook is neglected. Marva Carter's biography-a book years in the making-significantly enhances our perspective on and understanding of Cook's extraordinary personality and unique accomplishments." - Thomas L. Riis, Professor of Music and Director of the American Music Research Center, University of Colorado
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Boyhood ; From Oberlin to Berlin ; The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 ; The National Conservatory and beginning of musical career ; "Broadway, here I come!" ; In Dahomey ; The "students" and the stage ; Removing the "minstrel mask" ; The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I ; The Southern Syncopated Orchestra ; "A hell of a life" ; A composer's legacy ; Postlude : "Swing Along".

"Our knowledge of African American music will remain incomplete so long as the life's work of Will Marion Cook is neglected. Marva Carter's biography-a book years in the making-significantly enhances our perspective on and understanding of Cook's extraordinary personality and unique accomplishments." - Thomas L. Riis, Professor of Music and Director of the American Music Research Center, University of Colorado

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