The memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., first black bandmaster of the United States Navy
By: edited with an introduction by Mark Clague ; foreword by Samuel Floyd, Jr.
Contributors: Clague, Mark, 1966-
Series: Music of the African diaspora -- 12
Publisher: University of California Press; Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley; Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520251311
Subjects: Adams, Alton A; Bandmasters -- Virgin Islands of the United States -- Biography; Virgin Islands of the United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical memoir; title: The St. Thomas craftsmen of the nineteenth century; title: The value of education; title: Music in the Virgin Islands and the founding of the Adams Juvenile Band (1909); title: The United States Navy Band of the Virgin Islands (1917/1923); title: The Navy Band's 1924 United States tour; title: The close of the naval years (1925/1931); title: The naval administration : an evaluation; title: Civilian government and politics (the 1930s); title: The power of the press (the 1940s); title: Tourism and the hotel association (the 1950s).