Music and Some Highly Musical People

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Author

Trotter, James M., 1842-1892

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Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

ML: Music: Literature of music

Subject

African American musicians -- Biography

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eBook-No.

28056

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28056

Release Date

February 12, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MUSIC — AND SOME — HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE: — CONTAINING BRIEF CHAPTERS ON — I. A DESCRIPTION OF MUSIC. II. THE MUSIC OF NATURE. III. A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC. IV. THE POWER, BEAUTY, AND USES OF MUSIC. — FOLLOWING WHICH ARE GIVEN SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF — REMARKABLE MUSICIANS OF THE COLORED RACE. — With Portraits, — AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING COPIES OF MUSIC COMPOSED BY COLORED MEN. — BY
2. 2.JAMES M. TROTTER. — FIFTH THOUSAND.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.MUSIC AND SOME HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE.
6. 6.I. — A DESCRIPTION OF MUSIC.
7. 7.II. — THE MUSIC OF NATURE.
8. 8.III. — A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
9. 9.IV. — THE BEAUTY, POWER, AND USES OF MUSIC.
10. 10.ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD, — THE FAMOUS SONGSTRESS; — OFTEN CALLED — THE “BLACK SWAN.”
11. 11.THE “LUCA FAMILY,” — VOCALISTS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS.
12. 12.HENRY F. WILLIAMS, — COMPOSER, BAND-INSTRUCTOR, ETC.
13. 13.JUSTIN HOLLAND, — THE EMINENT AUTHOR AND ARRANGER, — AND PERFORMER ON THE GUITAR, FLUTE, AND PIANO-FORTE.
14. 14.THOMAS J. BOWERS, — TENOR-VOCALIST; — OFTEN STYLED — THE “AMERICAN MARIO.”
15. 15.JAMES GLOUCESTER DEMAREST, — GUITAR AND VIOLIN.
16. 16.THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE, — OTHERWISE KNOWN AS — “BLIND TOM,” THE WONDERFUL PIANIST
17. 17.BLIND TOM’S CONCERTS.
18. 18.PROGRAMME. — Classical Selections. — Piano-Forte Solos. — Fantasias and Caprices. — Marches. — Imitations. — Descriptive Music. — Songs. — Parlor Selections.
19. 19.ANNA MADAH AND EMMA LOUISE HYERS, — VOCALISTS AND PIANISTS. — THE GREATEST MUSICAL PHENOMENA OF THE AGE!
20. 20.THE FAMOUS CALIFORNIA VOCALISTS, — THE — HYERS SISTERS! — (COLORED.)
21. 21.FREDERICK ELLIOT LEWIS, — PIANIST, ORGANIST, VIOLINIST, ETC.
22. 22.NELLIE E. BROWN, — THE FAVORITE NEW-HAMPSHIRE VOCALIST.
23. 23.SAMUEL W. JAMIESON, — THE BRILLIANT YOUNG PIANIST.
24. 24.THE VIOLIN. [13]
25. 25.JOSEPH WHITE, — THE EMINENT VIOLINIST AND COMPOSER.
26. 26.THE COLORED AMERICAN OPERA COMPANY.
27. 27.THE FAMOUS JUBILEE SINGERS — OF — FISK UNIVERSITY.
28. 28.THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS.
29. 29.PART SECOND.
30. 30.OTHER REMARKABLE MUSICIANS, — AND — THE MUSIC-LOVING SPIRIT OF VARIOUS LOCALITIES.
31. 31.I.
32. 32.PROGRAMME. — Part First — Part Second.
33. 33.PROGRAMME. — Part First. — Part Second.
34. 34.SOME MUSICAL PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
35. 35.NEW ORLEANS. — THE MUSICAL AND GENERAL CULTURE OF ITS COLORED CITIZENS.
36. 36.ON OCTOBER 14, 1877, — IN — Masonic Hall, cor. of St. Peter and Claude Streets, — UNDER THE DIRECTION OF — LOUIS MARTIN, ASSISTED BY HIS AMATEUR FRIENDS.
37. 37.PROGRAMME. — Part First. — Intermission.—Part Second. — Intermission.—Part Third.
38. 38.APPENDIX. — MUSIC.
39. 39.PREFACE TO THE MUSIC.
40. 40.CONTENTS TO THE MUSIC.
41. 41.ANTHEM FOR CHRISTMAS.
42. 42.WELCOME TO THE ERA. — MARCH.
43. 43.AN ANDANTE.
44. 44.THE PILGRIM. — GRAND OVERTURE.
45. 45.THE PARISIAN WALTZES.
46. 46.LE SERMENT DE L’ARABE. — CHANT DRAMATIQUE.
47. 47.LA CAPRICIEUSE. — VALSE.
48. 48.AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE. — (VARIATIONS ET FINAL SUR L’AIR.)
49. 49.“LAURIETT.” — BALLAD.
50. 50.LES CLOCHETTES. — FANTAISIE MAZURKA.
51. 51.“RAYS OF HOPE.” — MARCH.
52. 52.SCENES OF YOUTH. — FANTAISIA for PIANO
53. 53.MASS — FOR THREE VOICES. — GLORIA. — AGNUS DEI.
54. 54.FOOTNOTES

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