Carter, Marva Griffin.

Swing along the musical life of Will Marion Cook / [electronic resource] : Marva Griffin Carter. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176).

Boyhood -- From Oberlin to Berlin -- The Chicago World's Fair of 1893-34 -- 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2009.
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Cook, Will Marion.


Composers--United States--Biography.
African American composers--Biography.


Electronic books.

ML410.C7545 / C37 2008eb

780.92 B