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Father of the Blues: An Autobiography Paperback - 1991

by W. C. Handy; Arna Wendell Bontemps (Editor); Foreword by Abbe Niles

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W. C. Handy's blues-"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"-changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now vanished. W. C. Handy (1873-1958) was a sensitive child who loved nature and music; but not until he had won a reputation did his father, a preacher of stern Calvinist faith, forgive him for following the "devilish" calling of black music and theater. Here Handy tells of this and other struggles: the lot of a black musician with entertainment groups in the turn-of-the-century South; his days in minstrel shows, and then in his own band; how he made his first 100 from "Memphis Blues"; how his orchestra came to grief with the First World War; his successful career in New York as publisher and song writer; his association with the literati of the Harlem Renaissance.Handy's remarkable tale-pervaded with his unique personality and humor-reveals not only the career of the man who brought the blues to the world's attention, but the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz.

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Handy's remarkable tale- pervaded with his unique personality and humor- reveals not only the career of the man who brought the blues to the world's attention, but the whole scope of American music, from the days of the old popular songs of the South, through ragtime to the great era of jazz.

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  • Title Father of the Blues: An Autobiography
  • Author W. C. Handy; Arna Wendell Bontemps (Editor); Foreword by Abbe Niles
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Pages 340
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, New York
  • Publication date 1991-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780306804212 / 0306804212
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Composers - United States, Handy, W. C
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90026262
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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William Christopher Handy (1873-1958) was a composer and musician, known as the "Father of the Blues."

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