Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Father of the blues,: An autobiography by W.C. Handy (editie 1957)door W. C Handy (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkFather of the Blues: An Autobiography door W. C. Handy
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A bit of a tough read, and maybe W C wasn't quite as central to the whole "Discovery of the Blues" thing as he claims, but it is a tremendous story and no-one else has a better right to tell it. So yay W C, and anyone with any interest in the Blues needs to at least have a look (then read Robert Palmer's "Deep Blues") ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
W. C. Handy's blues-"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"-changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (1873-1958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a preacher of stern Calvinist faith, forgive him for following the "devilish" calling of black music and theater. Here Handy tells of this and other struggles: the lot of a black musician with entertainment groups in the turn-of-the-century South; his days in minstrel shows, and then in his own band; how he made his first 100 from "Memphis Blues"; how his orchestra came to grief with the First World War; his successful career in New York as publisher and song writer; his association with the literati of the Harlem Renaissance.Handy's remarkable tale-pervaded with his unique personality and humor-reveals not only the career of the man who brought the blues to the world's attention, but the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)782.421643092The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Western popular songs Blues History, geographic treatment, biography BiographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |