Swing along [[electronic resource] ] : the musical life of Will Marion Cook / / Marva Griffin Carter

• Autore: Carter Marva Griffin
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.92; B
• Soggetto topico: Composers - United States; African American composers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176).
• Nota di contenuto: Boyhood -- From Oberlin to Berlin -- The Chicago World's Fair of 1893-34 -- The National Conservatory and beginning of musical career -- Broadway, here I come! -- In Dahomey -- The students and the stage -- Removing the minstrel mask -- The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I -- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra -- A hell of a life -- A composer's legacy -- Postlude: Swing Along.
• Sommario/riassunto: Prelude: ""Exhortation"" 1. Boyhood 2. From Oberlin to Berlin 3. The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 4. The National Conservatory of Music 5. ""Broadway, Here I Come!"" 6. In Dahomey 7. The 'Students' and the Stage 8. Removing the Minstrel Mask 9. The Clef Club 10. The Southern Syncopated Orchestra 11. 'A Hell of a Life' 12. A Composer's Legacy Postlude: Swing Along Appendix A: Will Marion Cook's Songs Appendix: B: Songs by Cook in Performed Musical Shows Appendix: C Southern Syncopated Orchestra's Personnell Appendix: D Itinerary for Southern Syncopated Orchetra Tours Appendix:
• Titolo autorizzato: Swing along
• ISBN: 0-19-802685-4; 1-281-82584-0; 9786611825843
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465818003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II