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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, Marva Griffin
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Cook, Will Marion.
Composers > United States > Biography.
African American composers > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2008 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Swing Along: The Musical Life of Will Marion Cook
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.