Songs worth singing
Subtitle: the story of composer, conductor, and choirmaster Brazeal Dennard
By: Eldonna L. May
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810884632; 9780810884649
Subjects: African American choral conductors; Biography; African American composers; Biogaphy; Music; History and criticism; Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First cousins : the blues & spirituals; title: Love him anyway : life and music rooted in the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Depression; title: Knowledge is power : the college and university years; title: Detroit is a hard town for music : becoming the career chameleon; title: From ashes to hope; the musical phoenix rises : run-up to the 1967 riots & beyond; title: A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet : the Brazeal Dennard Chorale, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the classical roots series; title: Sing a new song : the Brazeal Dennard Chorale's spirituals project; title: New frontiers and legacies : the next wave of African-American composers and performers and cultural impact of spirituals.