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 1938

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p. 21 In:
Handy, William Christopher
Negro authors and composers of the United States
By W.C. Handy.
New York: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc., 1938, 24 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Allen, Bud   composer
  Bivans, Nathan   composer
  Bland, James Allen (b. 1854 d. 1911)   minstrel show musician, professor
  Boatner, Edward Hammond (b. 1898 d. 1981)   composer
  Bradford, Perry [John Henry Perry} (b. 1893 d. 1970)   lyricist, piano
  Briggs, William H.   composer
  Brown, Al   composer
  Calloway, Cab [Cabell] (b. 1907 a. 1930-1945)   bandleader, cast
  Carter, Benny (b. 1907)   alto saxophone, clarinet
  Charlton, Melville (b. 1880 d. 1973)   organ
  Cook, Doc (b. 1891 d. 1958)   piano, arranger
  Cross, Elijah   composer
  Dabney, Ford T. (b. 1883 d. 1958)   composer, lyricist
  Dawson, William Levi (b. 1899 d. 1990)   composer, conductor
  Diton, Carl Rossini (b. 1886 d. 1962)   piano, composer
  Dixon, Will (b. 1870s d. 1917)   entertainer
  Dunbar, Paul Laurence (b. 1872 d. 1906)   librettist, lyricist
  Edmonds, Shepard N. (b. 1876 d. 1957)   composer, lyricist
  Europe, James Reese (b. 1881 d. 1919)   bandmaster, composer
  Greene, Sam   composer
  Handy, Will   composer
  Hare, Maud Cuney (b. 1874 d. 1936)   writer, piano
  Harvey, Hebron   composer
  Haskell, Antonio Lee (a. 1936)   composer
  Henderson, Fletcher [James Fletcher] (b. 1898 d. 1952)   arranger, bandleader
  Hill, John Leubrie (b. 1869 d. 1916)   songwriter, producer
  Hogan, Ernest (b. 1860 d. 1909)   cast, composer
  Hunter, Charles   composer
  Jackson, Tony [Anthony] (b. 1876 d. 1921)   ragtime and vaudeville pianist
  Jessye, Eva Alberta (b. 1895 d. 1992)   ass. al cori, choir conductor
  Johns, Altona Trent (b. 1904 d. 1977)   piano, composer
  Johnson, Haven   composer
  Jones, Clarence M. (b. 1889 d. 1949)   ragtime piano, composer
  Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917)   composer, librettist
  Jordan, Joe (b. 1882 d. 1971)   composer, lyricist
  Kelley, H. Alf   composer
  Kirk, Andy [Andrew Dewey] (b. 1898)   bass saxophone, composer
  Lew, William Edward (b. 1865 d. 1949)   music educator
  Lucas, Samuel (b. 1840 d. 1916)   minstrel star, songwriter
  Matthews, Artie (b. 1888)   ragtime piano, composer
  Nickerson, Camille Lucie (b. 1888 d. 1982)   piano, organ
  Oliver, Joe   composer
  Owsley, Tim   cast, composer
  Piron, Armand John (b. 1888 d. 1943)   violin, composer
  Roberts, Luckey (b. 1887 d. 1968)   piano, composer
  Sampson, Edgar (Melvin) (b. 1907 d. 1973)   alto saxophone, clarinet
  Seals, Baby   composer
  Selmour, C.   composer
  Shipp, Jesse A. (b. 1869 d. 1934)   cast, librettist
  Smart and Williams   composer
  Smith, Nathaniel Clark (b. 1877 d. 1933)   conductor, music educator
  Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978)   arranger, composer
  Stone, Fred (b. 1873 d. 1912)   songwriter
  Thompson, Dekoven (b. 1879 d. 1934)   songwriter
  Turpin, Charles   composer
  Turpin, Thomas Million (b. 1873 d. 1922)   ragtime piano, composer
  Tyler, Jesse Gerald (b. 1879 d. 1938)   piano, composer
  White, Clarence Cameron (b. 1880 d. 1960)   composer, violin
  Williams, Bert (b. 1874 d. 1922)   cast, comedian
  Williams & Walker   composer
  Work, Frederick Jerome (b. 1880 d. 1942)   composer, scholar
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