The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Olly Wilson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Olly Wilson

10/14/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.243

Music professor and music composer Olly Wilson (1937 - 2018 ) was professor emeritus of music at the University of California, Berkeley. His recordings and compositions include, "Cetus," "Piano Piece," "Sinfonia," and, "In Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr." Wilson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/14/2005, in Berkeley, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 33m 01s

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Wilson, Olly, 1937-

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Retired music professor and composer Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr., was born on September 7, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Alma Grace Peoples Wilson, a seamstress, and Olly Woodrow Wilson, Sr., an insurance salesman and butler. Wilson's father had the reputation for having the best speaking voice and being the best singer in the family's church choir. Wilson's father insisted that all of his children learn to play the piano. As a result, Wilson learned to play the piano at the age of seven. Wilson...