The HistoryMakers video oral history with Matthew Kennedy.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 19 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.086 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Kennedy, Matthew, 1921- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Matthew Kennedy |
| Portion of title | Matthew Kennedy |
| Abstract | Music professor and pianist Matthew Kennedy was born on March 10, 1921 in Americus, Georgia. A young piano prodigy, Kennedy graduated with his B.A. degree from Fisk University in 1947. He earned his M.A. degree from the Juilliard School of Music in 1950 and completed doctoral course work at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. Joining Fisk University as an associate professor in 1954, Kennedy married Fisk professor and piano soloist Anne Gamble in 1956. Appointed director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1957, he traveled the world for the next twenty-three years. In 1958, Kennedy made his solo piano debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. He served as acting chairman of the Fisk University Music Department from 1975 to 1978. Kennedy retired from Fisk in 1986. In 2006, Kennedy received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Fisk University. Matthew Kennedy passed away on June 5, 2014 at age 93. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Nashville, Tennessee 2007 March 13. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.086 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |