Swing along : the musical life of Will Marion Cook / Marva Griffin Carter.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carter, Marva Griffin
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Cook, Will Marion.
Composers > United States > Biography.
African American composers > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:viii, 184 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Boyhood
  • From Oberlin to Berlin
  • The Chicago World's Fair of 1893
  • 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!".