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The memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. : first Black bandmaster of the United States Navy / edited by Mark Clague ; foreword by Samuel Floyd, Jr.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Alton A.
- Series:
- Music of the African diaspora ; 12.
- Music of the African diaspora ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, Alton A.
- Bandmasters--United States Virgin Islands--Biography.
- Bandmasters.
- Social conditions.
- United States Virgin Islands.
- United States Virgin Islands--Social conditions--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 367 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press ; Chicago : Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, [2008]
- Contents:
- A historical memoir
- The St. Thomas craftsmen of the nineteenth century
- The value of education
- Music in the Virgin Islands and the founding of the Adams Juvenile Band (1909)
- The United States Navy Band of the Virgin Islands (1917-1923)
- The Navy Band's 1924 United States tour
- The close of the naval years (1925-1931)
- The naval administration (1917-1931) : an evaluation
- Civilian government and politics (the 1930s)
- The power of the press (the 1940s)
- Tourism and the hotel association (the 1950s).
- Notes:
- "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Prelim. p.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520251311
- 0520251318
- OCLC:
- 86172958
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