American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry

Race and Gender in the 20th Century

Jeannie Gayle Pool (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2008
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-6376-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Zenobia Powell Perry (1908-1993) was a composer whose life provides insight to a special time in the 1920s and '30s when black American composers were finally being recognized for their unique contributions to the country's music. Born in Boley, Oklahoma to a black father and a black Creek Indian mother, Zenobia was influenced by both black American and native American folklore, music, language, and poetry. In American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century, Jeannie Gayle Pool examines the life of this talented individual who faced tremendous challenges as a female, as an African American, and as a woman of mixed heritage. Based on interviews conducted by the author, as well as Perry's personal papers, correspondence, and scores, Pool provides a rich portrait of this unique composer. Pool also provides an analysis of Perry's musical style, a chronology, a complete list of works, and several appendixes. Raising many complex and unresolved issues related to American blacks with Native American heritage, Perry's life story bears witness to a century in which tremendous strides were made toward equality for all.

Autor

Jeannie Gayle Pool Ph.D. is a musicologist, composer, documentary filmmaker, and producer. An expert on music for motion pictures, she is a consultant for Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Music Department. She is also the author of Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band (Scarecrow, 2008).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2008
• Verlagsort: Lanham, MD
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 154 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 490 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-6376-6 / 0810863766
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-6376-7 / 9780810863767
• Zustand: Neuware