Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
Title | Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Southern |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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"The stimulus this handsomely produced volume will provide to research and teaching may well surpass that offered by Dr. Southern's earlier studies. This major accomplishment belongs in the libraries of all individuals and institutions interested in any aspect of American music." Ethnomusiciology
Twentieth-century African-American Writers and Artists
Title | Twentieth-century African-American Writers and Artists PDF eBook |
Author | Chester Hedgepeth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Art |
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Biographical and critical information on contemporary African-American artists. Each entry includes birth and death dates, education, awards, and affiliations.
Blacks in Classical Music
Title | Blacks in Classical Music PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1988-06-20 |
Genre | Music |
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The first in a projected series of idiom-specific bibliographies in black music, this work treats classical music. It is a comprehensive index to newspaper and periodical indexes, biographical dictionaries, bibliographies, dissertations and theses, music collections, and published discographies. . . . Scholars, researchers, students, and reference librarians will find that this guide makes searching easier; bibliographers will welcome its detailed and helpful bibliographies. . . . A very fine addition for all music and academic libraries. Choice This comprehensive guide is the first to cover the full range of black activity in classical music, with more than 4,000 references to over 300 performers and ensembles. Compiler John Gray has organized a wealth of resources spanning from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and ranging geographically from Europe and Africa to the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Containing sections on composers, conductors, individual instrumentalists, symphony orchestras, opera singers and companies, the work builds on earlier research in this long-neglected subject, and brings the black musical legacy to new levels of prominence and accessibility.
Biographical Dictionary of American Music
Title | Biographical Dictionary of American Music PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Eugene Claghorn |
Publisher | West Nyack, N.Y. : Parker Publishing Company |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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"Containing the names and brief biographical sketches of only American composers, musicians, singers, teachers, and writers. Coverage is limited to those individuals who were born in the United States, or who came to America and lived and worked here for an extended period of time"--Jacket.
Biographical Dictionary of Black Musicians and Music Educators
Title | Biographical Dictionary of Black Musicians and Music Educators PDF eBook |
Author | Lemuel Berry (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | African American musicians |
ISBN | 9780932188007 |
Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, Revised Edition
Title | Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, Revised Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Kranz |
Publisher | Infobase Holdings, Inc |
Pages | 472 |
Release | 2021-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1438198779 |
For centuries, African Americans have made important contributions to American culture. From Crispus Attucks, whose death marked the start of the Revolutionary War, to Oprah Winfrey, perhaps the most recognizable and influential TV personality today, black men and women have played an integral part in American history. This greatly expanded and updated edition of our best-selling volume, The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans, Revised Edition profiles more than 250 of America's important, influential, and fascinating black figures, past and present—in all fields, including the arts, entertainment, politics, science, sports, the military, literature, education, the media, religion, and many more.
African-American Good News (gospel) Music
Title | African-American Good News (gospel) Music PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry Sherrod DuPree |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Music |
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Presents biographical sketches and photographs of Afro-American gospel singers, composers, and instrumentalists.