Papers. ca. 1944.

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Papers. ca. 1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20314247

Photostatic copy of a paper about Afro-Americans; read at the Robinson Music Lecture Series which were held in honor of Oberlin trained Jennie Asenath Robinson, chairman of the Fisk Music Department 1887-1919. It discusses spirituals, blues, work songs, and the instrumental music of the Negro folk. Mentioned in the paper are the contributions of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Hall-Johnson Choir, William Christopher Handy, James Weldon Johnson, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, and Bessie Smith.

1 item, 11 typewritten p. (p. 5 and 6 missing) (copy)

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Handy, W. C., 1873-1958

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W. C. Handy, also known as William Christopher Handy (born Florence, Alabama, November 16, 1873-died March 25, 1958, New York, New York), known as the "Father of the Blues," is credited with helping popularize blues music. In 1896, he joined W. A. Mahara's Minstrels, as its trumpeter-bandleader and began a theatrical production that featured African American music. In the early 1900s, he started writing his own music with the first published commercial blues song "Memphis Blues," which became a ...

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Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938

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Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967

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Chair, Fisk University Music Department; director of the Jubilee Singers, and author of American Negro Songs: a Comprehensive Collection of 230 Folk Songs, Religious and Secular; sometimes know as John Wesley Work II. From the description of John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform]. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972612 ...

Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939

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