Includes bibliographical references and index. "With a new Addendum: The Music Continues."--Cover.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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]
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