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Author:

King-Dorset, Rodreguez author.

Title:

Black classical musicians and composers, 1500-2000 / Rodreguez King-Dorset.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Musicians, Black--Biography.
Composers, Black--Biography.
Music by black composers--History and criticism.
Composers, Black.
Music by black composers.
Musicians, Black.
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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).

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.

ISBN:

1476669767
9781476669762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1057855885

LCCN:

2019015334

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)