Music and some highly musical people : containing brief chapters on I. A description of music. II. The music of nature. III. A glance at the history of music. IV. The power, beauty, and uses of music. Following which are given sketches of the lives of remarkable musicians of the colored race. With portraits, and an appendix containing copies of music composed by colored men / by James M. Trotter. Boston, Lee and Shepard.
| Author/creator |
Trotter, James M., 1842-1892 author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Johnson Reprint Corporation, [1968] |
| Description | 353, 152 pages of music : portraits ; 22 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | The Baic Afro-American reprint library Basic Afro-American reprint library. ^A287593 |
| 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 |
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