Sissieretta Jones
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Sissieretta Jones
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Author : Maureen D. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Sissieretta Jones written by Maureen D. Lee and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, whose nickname the "Black Patti" likened her to the well-known Spanish-born opera star Adelina Patti, was a distinguished African American soprano during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, Jones also sang before four U.S. presidents. In this compelling book-length biography of Jones, Maureen Donnelly Lee chronicles the successes and challenges of this musical pioneer. Lee details how Jones was able to overcome substantial obstacles of racial bias to build a twenty-eight-year career performing in hundreds of opera houses and theaters throughout North America and Europe. Serving as a role model for other African American women who came after her, Jones became a successful performer despite the many challenges she faced. She confronted head on the social difficulties African American performers endured during the rise of Jim Crow segregation. Throughout her career Jones was a concert singer performing ballads and operatic pieces, and she eventually went on to star in her own musical comedy company, the Black Patti Troubadours. Critics praised Jones as America's leading African American prima donna, with some even dubbing her voice one in a million. Lee's research, utilizing many Black newspapers, such as the New York Age and the Indianapolis Freeman, concert reviews, and court documents brings overdue recognition to an important historical songstress. Sissieretta Jones: "The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933 provides a comprehensive, moving portrait of Jones and a vivid overview of the exciting world in which she performed.
Sissieretta Jones
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Author : Willia Estelle Daughtry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Sissieretta Jones written by Willia Estelle Daughtry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with African American musicians categories.
The Progress Of Our People
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Author : Anne E. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
Release Date : 2021-09-01
The Progress Of Our People written by Anne E. Johnson and has been published by North Star Editions, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When Ida B. Wells urges Black Americans to boycott the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, young Lorraine Williams will do anything for a chance to see her idol, the Black opera singer Sissieretta Jones, perform at the fair.
Farewell Appearance Of Sissieretta Jones
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Farewell Appearance Of Sissieretta Jones written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Concert programs categories.
The Pen Is Ours
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Author : Jean Fagan Yellin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1991
The Pen Is Ours written by Jean Fagan Yellin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Literary Collections categories.
This bibliography of writing by and about African-American women provides a much needed research tool to scholars and researchers in the field. The bibliography lists writing by African-American women whose earliest publication appeared before 1910; a supplemental bibliography lists writing published as of 1911.
Vaudeville Old New
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Author : Frank Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2007
Vaudeville Old New written by Frank Cullen and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Entertainers categories.
Out Of Sight
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Author : Lynn Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2009-09-18
Out Of Sight written by Lynn Abbott and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-18 with History categories.
A product of old-fashioned, back-wearying, foundational scholarship, yet very readable, this book is certain to feature importantly in future studies of early jazz and its prehistory. Highly recommended. ? Library Journal. This volume makes possible the study of the rise of black music in the days that paved the way for the Harlem Renaissance?the brass bands, the banjo and mandolin clubs, the male quartets, and theatrical companies. Summing up: Essential. ? Choice Outstanding Academic Title. A landmark study, based on thousands of music-related references mined by the authors from a variety of contemporaneous sources, especially African American community newspapers, Out of Sight examines musical personalities, issues, and events in context. It confronts the inescapable marketplace concessions musicians made to the period's prevailing racist sentiment. It describes the worldwide travels of jubilee singing companies, the plight of the great black prima donnas, and the evolution of ?authentic? African American minstrels. Generously reproducing newspapers and photographs, Out of Sight puts a face on musical activity in the tightly knit black communities of the day. Drawing on hard-to-access archival sources and song collections, the book is of crucial importance for understanding the roots of ragtime, blues, jazz, and gospel. Essential for comprehending the evolution and dissemination of African American popular music from 1900 to the present, Out of Sight paints a rich picture of musical variety, personalities, issues, and changes during the period that shaped American popular music and culture for the next hundred years.
Black Tap Dance And Its Women Pioneers
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Author : Cheryl M. Willis
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-04-13
Black Tap Dance And Its Women Pioneers written by Cheryl M. Willis and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-13 with Performing Arts categories.
While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were appreciated in their time, Black female tap dancers seldom achieved similar recognition. Who were these women? The author sought them out, interviewed them, and documented their stories for this book. Here are the personal stories of many Black women tap dancers who were hailed by their male counterparts, performed on the most prominent American stages, and were pioneers in the field of Black tap.
A History Of African American Theatre
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Author : Errol G. Hill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-07-17
A History Of African American Theatre written by Errol G. Hill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-17 with Drama categories.
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African American Lives
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Author : Henry Louis Gates Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-04-29
African American Lives written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-29 with History categories.
African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from over five thousand entries in the forthcoming eight-volume African American National Biography, illuminate African-American history through the immediacy of individual experience. From Esteban, the earliest known African to set foot in North America in 1528, right up to the continuing careers of Venus and Serena Williams, these stories of the renowned and the near forgotten give us a new view of American history. Our past is revealed from personal perspectives that in turn inspire, move, entertain, and even infuriate the reader. Subjects include slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, and business people, musicians and dancers, artists and athletes, victims of injustice and the lawyers, journalists, and civil rights leaders who gave them a voice. Their experiences and accomplishments combine to expose the complexity of race as an overriding issue in America's past and present. African American Lives features frequent cross-references among related entries, over 300 illustrations, and a general index, supplemented by indexes organized by chronology, occupation or area of renown, and winners of particular honors such as the Spingarn Medal, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize.