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03901aam a2200469Ii 4500 001 A377C534004111EEBB5E2E0C29ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230601010039 008 220408s2022 cauacg b 001 0beng d 020 $a 179877366X 020 $a 9781798773666 035 $a (OCoLC)1309917058 040 $a ICW $b eng $e rda $c ICW $d OCLCO $d IOH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a ML410.P29533 $b P66 2022 100 1 $a Pool, Jeannie G., $e author. 245 10 $a American composer Zenobia Powell Perry : $b race and gender in the 20th century / $c Jeannie Gayle Pool. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a Los Angeles, California : $b Jaygale Music Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xxi, 292 pages : $b illustrations, music, portraits ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a "With a new Addendum: The Music Continues."--Cover. 505 0 $a Zenobia Powell Perry : articulate link to American culture of the 1920s and '30s -- Song & verse in Boley : a lifetime of inspiration for an American composer -- "Lift every voice and sing" : Booker T. Washington, Boley, Oklahoma, and the political reality for Blacks -- Distinctively American : race and music -- The hidden history : Blacks and Native Americans' cultural implications -- Mentors, allies, and supporters : crucial for musical development -- Dett, Reece and Dawson : role models for careers in Black music -- Zenobia Powell Perry : an "ambiguous" woman -- Professional teaching career and graduate school -- Becoming a composer : studies with Milhaud and Willman -- Analysis of musical style and selected works -- Appendices. Chronology ; List of compositions ; Inventory of documents related to the life and career of Zenobia Powell Perry -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Addendum : the music continues. 520 $a Zenobia Powell Perry (1908-2004) was a composer whose life provides insight to a special time in the 1920s and '30s when black American composers were finally being recognized for their unique contributions to the country's music. Born in Boley, Oklahoma to a black father and a black Creek Indian mother, Zenobia was influenced by both black American and Native American folklore, music, language, and poetry. In American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century, Jeannie Gayle Pool examines the life of this talented individual who faced tremendous challenges as a female, as an African American, and as a woman of mixed heritage. Based on interviews conducted by the author, as well as Perry's personal papers, correspondence, and scores. Pool provides a rich portrait of this unique composer. Pool also provides an analysis of Perry's musical style, a chronology, a complete list of works, and several appendices. Raising many complex and unresolved issues related to American blacks with Native American heritage, Perry's life story bears witness to a century in which tremendous strides were made toward equality for all [Publisher description] 600 10 $a Perry, Zenobia Powell, $d 1908-2004. 650 0 $a African American women composers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Creek Indians $v Biography. 650 6 $a Compositrices noires américaines $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Creek (Indiens) $v Biographies. 600 17 $a Perry, Zenobia Powell, $d 1908-2004. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00353048 650 7 $a African American women composers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799486 650 7 $a Creek Indians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00882705 655 2 $a Biography 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Perry, Zenobia Powell, $d 1908-2004, $e composer. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100417.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230601010149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A377C534004111EEBB5E2E0C29ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search