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Black classical musicians and composers, 1500-2000 / Rodreguez King-Dorset.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML385 .K558 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King-Dorset, Rodreguez, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicians, Black--Biography.
- Musicians, Black.
- Composers, Black--Biography.
- Composers, Black.
- Music by Black composers--History and criticism.
- Music by Black composers.
- Music by black composers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Covering the lives and works of such composers as Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Scott Joplin and Margaret Alison Bonds, this book examines the black classical music legacy with profiles of key artists who made valuable contributions that impacted classical music from the 16th through the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Background : the development and importance of black music London
- John Blanke (1500/1507)
- Ignatius Sancho (1729/1780)
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745/1799)
- Joseph Emidy (1775/1835)
- George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1779/1860)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875/1912)
- Rudolph Dunbar (1889/1988)
- Scott Joplin (1868/1917)
- Florence Beatrice Price (1887/1953)
- William Grant Still (1895/1978)
- Margaret Allison Bonds (1913/1972)
- Twentieth-century African American composers of classical music (1900/2000).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476669762
- 1476669767
- OCLC:
- 1057855885
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