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Working Americans Vol. 12: Our History Through Music

Table of Contents

Dedication




Table of Contents




Preface




Introduction




Acknowledgements




1880–1899 Introduction




1891 Profile: Joshua Hamilton, Barbershop Quartet Member




Historical Snapshot 1891







1898 Profile: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Child Prodigy Composer




Historical Snapshot 1898







1899 Profile: Albert Gustoff, Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa’s Marching Band




Historical Snapshot 1899







1899 News Feature: The Vaudeville Theater




1900–1909 Introduction




1903 Profile: Floyd Morioka, Methodist Choirmaster




Historical Snapshot 1903







1905 Profile: Monty Mandell, Journeyman Piano Player




Historical Snapshot 1905







1909 Profile: Arthur Farwell, Composed Native American Music




Historical Snapshot 1909







1909 News Feature: The World’s Music after Five Decades




1910–1919 Introduction




1913 Profile: Sarah Washington, African-American Spiritual Singer




Historical Snapshot 1913







1916 Profile: Geraldine Farrar, New York Metropolitan Opera Singer




Historical Snapshot 1916







1918 Profile: Alonzo “Zo” Elliott, Wrote Famous WWI Song




Historical Snapshot 1918







1919 News Feature: With the Allies on the Rhine




1920–1929 Introduction




1925 Profile: Leo Kunstadt, Successfully Marketed Victrola Phonographs




Historical Snapshot 1925







1927 Profile: Florence Mills, Jazz Singer & Dancer




Historical Snapshot 1927







1928 News Feature: The Debut of Yehudi Menuhin, The Musical




1929 Profile: Dock Boggs, Banjo-Picker & Singer




Historical Snapshot 1929







1930–1939 Introduction




1931 News Feature: The Art of Singing for the Radio




1934 Profile: Russ Columbo, “Romeo of Song”




Historical Snapshot 1934







1936 Profile: Mark Strahorn, Fiddler with the Empty Road Band




Historical Snapshot 1936







1939 Profile: Mary Lou Williams, Pianist, Arranger & Musical Inspiration




Historical Snapshot 1939







1940–1949 Introduction




1942 Profile: Charlie Christian, Perfected the Single—String Technique on




Historical Snapshot 1934







1945 Profile: Helen Elizabeth Jones, Trombonist in the All—Girl




Historical Snapshot 1945







1945 News Feature: The Music of the North American Indians




1949 Profile: Martin Block, Radio Broadcaster Turned Popular Disc Jockey




Historical Snapshot 1949







1950–1959 Introduction




1951 News Feature: The Grass Roots of Opera in America




1957 Profile: Carol Lawrence, Maria in West Side Story




Historical Snapshot 1957







1958 Profile: Gil Evans, Jazz Arranger




Historical Snapshot 1958







1959 Profile: Johnny Bragg, Rock ’n‘ Roll Pioneer




Historical Snapshot 1959







1960–1969 Introduction




1964 Profile: Estelle Stewart Axton, Premier Record Producer for Black




Historical Snapshot 1964







1966 Profile: Artist Reid Miles, Created Hip Look for Blue Note Records




Historical Snapshot 1966







1968 Profile: Marshall Borowitz, Started Teenage Band “One Night Stand” at 16




Historical Snapshot 1968







1968 News Feature: Jefferson Airplane, After Bathing at Baxter’s




1970–1979 Introduction




1972 Profile: Melissa Goldberg, Grateful Dead Deadhead




Historical Snapshot 1972







1973 News Feature: The Sherrill Sound




1976 Profile: Danny Goldberg, Writer




Historical Snapshot 1976







1979 Profile: Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero, “Father of Chicano Music”




Historical Snapshot 1979







1980–1989 Introduction




1981 News Feature




1982 Profile: Brad Lawson, Sound Assistant for Austin City Limits TV Show




Historical Snapshot 1982







1983 Profile: George Clinton, “The Prince of Funk”




Historical Snapshot 1983




Historical Snapshot 1982




1985 Profile: Carleen Cahill, Classical Music Singer




Historical Snapshot 1985




Historical Snapshot 1982




1990–1999 Introdution




1993 Profile: Anwar X. Holliday, Music Promoter




Historical Snapshot 1993







1995 Profile: Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, Hootie & the Blowfish Member.




Historical Snapshot 1995







1996 News Feature: New Music




1998 Profile: Zachary Alexander, French Hornist




Historical Snapshot 1998




Selected Prices




2000–2011 Introduction




2006 Profile: William Bartlett Barret IV, Music Copyright Lawyer




Historical Snapshot 2006







2007 Profile: Ryland Edwards, Jazz Saxophonist & Recording Engineer




Historical Snapshot 2007







2011 Profile: Wayne C. Henderson, Master Guitar Builder




Historical Snapshot 1883–1884




1883 Economic Profile




2011 News Feature: Me and Brian McGee, Leaving His Roots Behind




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