Dictionary of Afro-American performers : 78 RPM and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c.1900-1949 / Patricia Turner.
| Author/creator |
Turner, Patricia, 1928-2005 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Garland Pub., 1990. |
| Description | xxiii, 433 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 23 cm. |
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| Series | Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 590 Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 590. ^A654521 |
| Contents | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Composers. Bland, James Allen ; Bledsoe, Julius (Jules) ; Boatner, Edward Hammond ; Bonds, Margaret Allison ; Brown, Lawrence ; Burleigh, Henry (Harry) Thacker ; Cook, Will Marion ; Davis, Gussie Lord ; Dawson, William Levi ; Der Paur, Leonard ; Dett, R. (Robert) Nathaniel ; Hayes, Roland ; Jessye, Eva Alberta ; Johnson (Francis) Hall ; Johnson, John Rosamond ; Lawrence, William ; Nickerson, Camille Lucie ; Price, Florence Beatrice ; Still, William Grant ; Swanson, Howard ; White, Clarence Cameron ; Work, Frederick Jermone ; Work, John Wesley -- Vocalists. Baritones, Basses, and Bass-Baritones. Bledsoe, Julius (Jules) ; Boatner, Edward Hammond ; Burleigh, Henry (Harry) Thacker ; Clark, Carrol C ; Duncan, Todd ; Matthews, Edward ; Payne, John ; Robeson, Paul ; Spencer, Kenneth ; Warfield, William Caesar ; Winters, (Whisonant), Lawrence -- Contraltos. Anderson, Marian ; Brice, Carol ; Tapley, Daisy -- Mezzo-Sopranos. Matthews, Inez ; Nickerson, Camille ; Smith, Muriel -- Sopranos. Brown, Anita Patti ; Brown, Anne (Annie) Wiggins ; Cole-Talbert (McCleave), Florence ; Davis, Ellabelle ; Dobbs, Mattiwilda ; Dowdy, Helen ; Garnes, Antoinette Elizabeth ; Hughes, Revella ; Hunter, Nell ; Love, (Hermoine) Hortense ; Maynor, Dorothy ; Reavis, Hattie King ; Richardson, Inez ; Thigpen, Helen ; Williams, Camilla Ella -- Tenors. Boxhill, Carlton ; Brown, Lawrence ; Browning, Ivan Harold ; Delmore, Harry A ; Gaines, J Arthur ; Hayes, Roland ; Holland, Charles -- Instrumentalists. Harreld (William), Kemper ; Weir, Felix ; White, Clarence Cameron -- Operas and musicals. Call me mister ; Carmen Jones ; Four saints in three acts ; Lost in the stars ; Porgy and Bess ; Show boat -- Quartets and other vocal groups. De Paur infantry chorus ; Eureka Jubilee Singers ; Eva Jessye choirs ; Fisk university jubilee singers ; Four harmony kings ; Hall Johnson choir ; Hampton Institute singers ; Harrod's Jubilee singers ; Morehouse quartet ; Pace Jubilee singers ; Tuskegee intstitute singers ; Utica Jubilee singers ; Williams Jubilee singers ; Wings over Jordan -- Record companies. Black swan records ; George W. Broome records ; Paramount records -- Spoken word. Johnson, James Weldon ; Myers, James A. ; Robeson, Paul -- Bibliograpy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and discographies. |
| LCCN | 89017102 |
| ISBN | 0824087364 (alk. paper) |
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