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Series |
The Baic Afro-American reprint library Basic Afro-American reprint library. ^A287593
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Contents |
A description of music -- The music of nature -- A glance at the history of music -- The beauty, power, and uses of music -- Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (the "Black swan") -- The Luca family -- Henry F. Williams -- Justin Holland -- Thomas J. Bowers (the "American Mario") -- James Gloucester Demarest -- Thomas Greene Bethune ("Blind Tom") -- The Hyers Sisters -- Frederick Elliot Lewis -- Nellie E. Brown -- Samuel W. Jamieson -- Joseph White (preceded by a brief account of the violin) -- The colored American opera company -- The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University -- The Georgia minstrels -- Part second. Rachel M. Washington ; James Caseras ; John T. Douglass ; Walter F. Craig ; William Appo ; William Brady ; Peter P. O'Fare ; Frank Johnson and his famous military band and orchestra -- Joseph G. Anderson -- Madam Brown -- Sarah Sedgewick Bowers -- John Moore -- Samuel Lucas -- William H. Starr -- G. H. W. Stwewart -- The Lambert family -- Edmund Dede -- Basile Bares -- Samuel Snaer -- Prof. A. P. Williams -- E. V. Macarty -- Maurice J. B. Doublet -- Dennis Auguste -- The Dupre family -- Charles Martinez -- Thomas Martin -- Other musical people of:. Portland (Me.) ; Boston ; Worcester ; New York ; Newark ; Philadelphia ; Pittsburgh ; Cleveland ; Washington (O.) ; Chillicothe (O.) ; Cincinnati ; Chicago ; The music of the south ; Baltimore ; Louisville ; St. Louis ; Helena ; Memphis ; Nashville ; New Orleans -- Appendix. Music. Anthem for Christmas / William Brady -- Welcome to the era march / Jacob Sawyer -- Andante (guitar) / Justin Holland -- The pilgrim (overture) / J. T. Douglass -- Parisian waltzes / H. F. Williams -- La serment de l'arabe (dramatic chant) / Edmund Dede -- La Capricieuse waltz / Basil bares -- Au clair de la lune (Lucien Lambert) -- Lauriett (ballad) / H. F. Williams -- Les Clochettes (fantasie Mazurka) / Sidney Lambert -- Rays of hope march / W. F. Craig -- Scenes of youth (descriptive) / F. E. Lewis -- Mass for three voices ("Gloria" and "Agnus dei" / S. Snaer. |
General note | "The original edition was published in 1880." |
ISBN | 0841100888 |