Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992
Eva Jessye-Director of Music-Writer. b. Coffeyville, Kan.; educated Western University, Kansas City, Kan.; State University for Colored, Langston, OK. Director of Music, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md., 1920; Editorial staff, Afro-American, Baltimore, Md., one year. Won prizes: Essay, Music, Poetry, Interstate Literary Society of Kansas and the West; President Interstate Society, 1924. Director of Music, first all-Negro moving picture, "Hallelujah," produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, directed by King Vidor, 1929. Creator, "Aunt Mamy's chillun," sketches of Negro life, Radio Feature; also "Four dusty travellers," over Station WOR, New York City; appointed choral director by Gershwin for "Porgy and Bess"; founded the Eva Jessye Choir; Artist-in-residence (3 yrs.) at Pittsburg State University, Kansas.
From the description of Papers. 1936-1981, n.d. (Ascension Parish School). WorldCat record id: 19655633
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