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William Levi Dawson

Author : Mark Hugh Malone
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496844831
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson written by Mark Hugh Malone and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Levi Dawson (1899–1990) overcame adversity and Jim Crow racism to become a nationally recognized composer, choral arranger, conductor, and professor of music. In William Levi Dawson: American Music Educator, Mark Hugh Malone tells the fascinating tale of Dawson’s early life, quest for education, rise to success at the Tuskegee Institute, achievement of national notoriety as a composer, and retirement years spent conducting choirs throughout the US and world. From his days as a student at Tuskegee in the final years of Booker T. Washington’s presidency, Dawson continually pursued education in music, despite racial barriers to college admission. Returning to Tuskegee later in life, he became director of the School of Music. Under his direction, the Tuskegee Choir achieved national recognition by singing at Radio City Music Hall, presenting concerts for Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and performing on nationwide radio and television broadcasts. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, only the second extended musical work to be written by an African American, was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in both Philadelphia and New York City. Dawson’s arrangements of spirituals, the original folk music of African Americans enslaved in America during the antebellum period, quickly became highly sought-after choral works. This biographical account of Dawson's life is narrated with a generous sprinkling of his personal memories and photographs.

William Levi Dawson (b. 1898) and an Analysis of His Negro Folk Symphony (1932 ; Rev. 1952)

Author : Jacqueline Kay Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson (b. 1898) and an Analysis of His Negro Folk Symphony (1932 ; Rev. 1952) written by Jacqueline Kay Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William Levi Dawson

Author : Samuel D. Shingles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson written by Samuel D. Shingles and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William L. Dawson

Author : Gwynne Kuhner Brown
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252047141
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book William L. Dawson written by Gwynne Kuhner Brown and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William L. Dawson is recognized for his genre-defining choral spirituals and for his Negro Folk Symphony, a masterpiece enjoying a twenty-first-century renaissance. Gwynne Kuhner Brown’s engaging and tirelessly researched biography reintroduces a musical leader whose legacy is more important today than ever. Born in 1899, Dawson studied at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He worked as a church, jazz, and orchestral musician in Kansas City and Chicago in the 1920s while continuing his education as a composer. He then joined the Tuskegee faculty, where for 25 years he led the Tuskegee Institute Choir to national prominence through performances of spirituals at the opening of Radio City Music Hall, on radio and television, and at the White House. The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski premiered Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony in 1934. Engaging and long overdue, William L. Dawson celebrates a pioneering Black composer whose contributions to African American music, history, and education inspire performers and audiences to this day.

William Levi Dawson

Author : Vernon Edward Huff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (865 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson written by Vernon Edward Huff and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Levi Dawson (1899-1990), director of the Tuskegee Institute Choir from 1931 to 1956, was one of the most important arrangers of Negro spirituals in the twentieth century. He is also remembered as an outstanding composer, conductor, speaker, and leader of festival choruses. His arrangements are still sung by choirs all over the world. Save a small number of dissertations and various articles, however, very little has been written about him. In fact, almost no significant writing has been undertaken utilizing the Dawson papers held at the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. This study utilizes that collection in examining four areas of Dawson's life: his work as a composer, his work as an arranger of Negro spirituals, his work as a choral conductor and music pedagogue, and his life as an African American man living in segregated times. Dawson is shown as a thoughtful, deliberate practitioner of his art who built his career with intention, and who, through his various activities, sought both to affirm the traditional music of his people and to transcend his era's problems with the definitions, associations, and prejudices attached to the term "race." Using a diverse selection of letters, notes, and speeches held in the archive, it is possible to develop a fuller, more nuanced portrait of Dawson. Through a thorough examination of a select few of these documents, his growth can be traced from a young composer living in Chicago, to a college choral director dealing with the realities of racial inequality in the mid-twentieth century, to a seasoned, respected elder in his field, endeavoring to pass on to others knowledge of the music he spent his life arranging and teaching.

Morris V. William L. Dawson Nursing Center, Inc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Morris V. William L. Dawson Nursing Center, Inc written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William L. Dawson's Programs to Help the Disadvantaged

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Studies Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book William L. Dawson's Programs to Help the Disadvantaged written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Studies Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William L. Dawson's Programs to Help the Disadvantaged

Author : United States. Congress. House. Government Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book William L. Dawson's Programs to Help the Disadvantaged written by United States. Congress. House. Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William Levi Dawson

Author : Emory University. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson written by Emory University. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet exhibition commemorating the life, work, and legacy of composer and conductor William Levi Dawson. Highlighting a collection of materials ranging from letters and books to film and radio broadcasts, the exhibition details Dawson's life from early childhood to the posthumous symposium celebrating his life, work, and lasting contributions that was hosted by Emory University on March 3-5, 2005, "In Celebration of William L. Dawson: An Exploration of African American Music and Identity at the Dawn of the 21st Century." Included are digitized maps, photographs, correspondence, manuscript music, and sound excerpts of Dawson interviews, compositions, performances, and field recordings in Africa, as well as photographs and video clips from the symposium and other materials. The site was prepared by a collaborative effort of Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) and the Digital Programs and Systems Division of the Robert W. Woodruff Library with funding from the Ford Foundation.

Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music

Author : Joseph Horowitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393881253
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music written by Joseph Horowitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"—how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonín Dvorák prophesied a “great and noble school” of American classical music based on the “negro melodies” he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would foster popular genres known the world over, it never gained a foothold in the concert hall. Black composers found few opportunities to have their works performed, and white composers mainly rejected Dvorák’s lead. Joseph Horowitz ranges throughout American cultural history, from Frederick Douglass and Huckleberry Finn to George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and the work of Ralph Ellison, searching for explanations. Challenging the standard narrative for American classical music fashioned by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, he looks back to literary figures—Emerson, Melville, and Twain—to ponder how American music can connect with a “usable past.” The result is a new paradigm that makes room for Black composers, including Harry Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, William Levi Dawson, and Florence Price, while giving increased prominence to Charles Ives and George Gershwin. Dvorák’s Prophecy arrives in the midst of an important conversation about race in America—a conversation that is taking place in music schools and concert halls as well as capitols and boardrooms. As George Shirley writes in his foreword to the book, “We have been left unprepared for the current cultural moment. [Joseph Horowitz] explains how we got there [and] proposes a bigger world of American classical music than what we have known before. It is more diverse and more equitable. And it is more truthful.”

Negro Musicians and their Music

Author : Maud Cuney-Hare
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465604782
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book Negro Musicians and their Music written by Maud Cuney-Hare and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In offering this study of Negro music, I do so with the admission that there is no consistent development as found in national schools of music. The Negro, a musical force, through his own distinct racial characteristics has made an artistic contribution which is racial but not yet national. Rather has the influence of musical stylistic traits termed Negro, spread over many nations wherever the colonies of the New World have become homes of Negro people. These expressions in melody and rhythm have been a compelling force in American music Ð tragic and joyful in emotion, pathetic and ludicrous in melody, primitive and barbaric in rhythm. The welding of these expressions has brought about a harmonic effect which is now influencing thoughtful musicians throughout the world. At present there is evidenced a new movement far from academic, which plays an important technical part in the music of this and other lands. The question as to whether there exists a pure Negro art in America is warmly debated. Many Negroes as well as Anglo-Americans admit that the so-called American Negro is no longer an African Negro. Apart from the fusion of blood he has for centuries been moved by the same stimuli which have affected all citizens of the United States. They argue rightly that he is a product of a vital American civilization with all its daring, its progress, its ruthlessness, and unlovely speed. As an integral part of the nation, the Negro is influenced by like social environment and governed by the same political institutions; thus page vi we may expect the ultimate result of his musical endeavors to be an art-music which embodies national characteristics exercised upon by his soul's expression. In the field of composition, the early sporadic efforts by people of African descent, while not without historic importance, have been succeeded by contributions from a rising group of talented composers of color who are beginning to find a listening public. The tendency of this music is toward the development of an American symphonic, operatic and ballet school led for the moment by a few lone Negro musicians of vision and high ideals. The story of those working toward this end is herein treated. Facts for this volume have been obtained from educated African scholars with whom the author sought acquaintanceship and from printed sources found in the Boston Public Library, the New York Public Library and the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The author has also had access to rare collections and private libraries which include her own. Folk material has been gathered in personal travel.

Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress from 1870 through 2007. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Illustrated with many portraits, photographs, and charts. House Document 108-224. 3d edition. Edited by Matthew Wasniewski. Paperback edition. Questions that are answered include: How many African Americans have served in the U.S. Congress? How did Reconstruction, the Great Migration, and the post-World War II civil rights movement affect black Members of Congress? Who was the first African American to chair a congressional committee? Read about: Pioneers who overcame racial barriers, such as Oscar De Priest of Illinois, the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century, and Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first black CongresswomanMasters of institutional politics, such as Augustus "Gus" Hawkins of California, Louis Stokes of Ohio, and Julian Dixon of CaliforniaNotables such as Civil War hero Robert Smalls of South Carolina, civil rights champion Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York, and constitutional scholar Barbara Jordan of TexasAnd many more. Black Americans in Congress also includes: Pictures-including rarely seen historical images-of each African American who has served in CongressBibliographies and references to manuscript collections for each MemberStatistical graphs and chartsA comprehensive index Other related products: African Americans resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/african-americans Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01418-7 Women in Congress, 1917-2006 --Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-070-07480-9 United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14903, House Document No. 223, Women in Congress, 1917-2006 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/552-108-00040-0 Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 --Print Hardcover format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01563-9 --Print Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01567-1 --ePub format available for Free download is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-300-00008-8 --MOBI format is available for Free download here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-300-00010-0

Black Lives

Author : James L. Conyers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317475798
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Black Lives written by James L. Conyers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this text comprise biographical sketches of previously unknown (or lesser known) African-Americans, among them General Daniel Chappie James Jr; William Levi Dawson (composer); Vinnette Carroll (director and playwright); and Elizabeth Ross Haynes (political speaker and activist).

Fit as a Fiddle

Author : William J. Dawson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Fit as a Fiddle written by William J. Dawson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fit as a Fiddle provides current and important health-related information for all instrumentalists, presented in an understandable and readable fashion. Dr. Dawson includes a section on basic body structure and function, avoiding medical jargon, and setting the stage for following chapters.

The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson

Author : John Ramsay
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780769265247
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson written by John Ramsay and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Dawson was a legendary drummer and educator, known for his work with the top artists in jazz as well as for his 18-year association with Berklee College of Music. This new text and online audio combination was put together by John Ramsay, a prominent drummer in his own right and a former student of Dawson's. The book contains all the important techniques and concepts that Alan Dawson embraced in his own playing and subsequently taught to his students. The recordings include some remastered audio examples from actual lessons taught by Dawson himself over the years. This is a highly comprehensive textbook from a jazz master.

William Levi Dawson and His Music

Author : Marcia Mitchell Hood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book William Levi Dawson and His Music written by Marcia Mitchell Hood and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals

Author : Felicia Raphael Marie Barber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793635358
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals written by Felicia Raphael Marie Barber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics investigates the use of the African American English (AAE) dialect in the musical genre of the spiritual. Perfect for conductors and performers alike, this book traces the history of the dialect, its use in early performance practice, and the sociolinguistic impact of the AAE dialect in the United States. Felicia Barber explores AAE’s development during the African Diaspora and its correlations with Southern States White English (SSWE) and examines the dialect’s perception and how its weaponization has impacted the performance of the genre itself. She provides a synopsis of research on the use of dialect in spirituals from the past century through the analysis of written scores, recordings, and research. She identifies common elements of early performance practice and provides the phonological and grammatical features identified in early practice. This book contains practical guide for application of her findings on ten popular spiritual texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It concludes with insights by leading arrangers on their use of AAE dialect as a part of the genre and practice.