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That's got 'em! : the life and music of Wilbur C. Sweatman / Mark Berresford.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML419.S92 B47 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berresford, Mark.
- Series:
- American made music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sweatman, Wilbur C. S.
- Clarinetists--United States--Biography.
- Clarinetists.
- African American jazz musicians--Biography.
- African American jazz musicians.
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Vaudeville--United States--History--20th century.
- Vaudeville.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]
- Contents:
- In defense of Wilbur Sweatman : a response to his critics
- Missouri childhood
- "Pickaninnies," Ernest Hogan, and a world tour
- Circus and minstrelsy : touring life with Cornet Kings P.G. Lowery and W.C. Handy
- The anchorage for the world's marvels : the Minneapolis years
- Chicago and an entertainment revolution
- The original and much-imitated ragtime clarinetist
- Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout the doggone blues
- Rainy day blues
- The ragtime dinosaur
- The daddy of the clarinet
- The silent years.
- Notes:
- Includes list of known compositions by Sweatman.
- Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781604730999
- 1604730994
- OCLC:
- 320196644
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