Oh what a beautiful city : traditional spiritual / Edward Boatner. [19--].

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Oh what a beautiful city : traditional spiritual / Edward Boatner. [19--].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63553309

1 ms. score ([3] p.) ; 29 cm.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Boatner, Edward

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Edward Hammond Boatner was a composer, choral conductor, music professor and singer. He was also the author of plays, music instruction materials and essays regarding African-American history. Born in 1898 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Boatner taught himself to play the piano, and began collecting spirituals at an early age. He published his first arrangement of a spiritual, "Give Me Jesus," in 1918. After a period of study in Boston, Boatner moved to Chicago, where he earned his Bache...