The black horn
Subtitle: the story of classical French hornist Robert Lee Watt
By: Robert Lee Watt
Series: African American cultural theory and heritage; African American cultural theory and heritage
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781442239388
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Biography; Horn players; African American musicians
Description: The story of the first African American French hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, the number of African Americans who hold chairs in major American symphony orchestras are few and far between, and Watt is the first in many years to write about this uniquely exhilarating--and at times painful--experience.
Notes: Includes index.

"List of Negro musicians compiled by the New York Philharmonic (April 1969)": pages 255-259.
Table of contents: title: Prelude; title: Early memories; title: Back to Asbury Park; title: Left back; title: First love; title: Music chose me; title: Adolescent secrets; title: A random blessing; title: First date; title: Pleasure and pain; title: Lessons in life; title: My great escape; title: First sweet victory; title: Tension; title: Welcome to the world; title: Music camp and the Boston Pops; title: Best summer; title: Turning pro; title: Musical adventures; title: Tanglewood; title: The musical mountain; title: First auditions; title: Madness!; title: The Los Angeles Philharmonic; title: The dream; title: Black Los Angeles; title: Deeper into the dream; title: Emotional highs and lows; title: To Viet Nam?; title: On with life; title: Fear of flying; title: Japan; title: A new black player and The ARK; title: Leave the LA Philharmonic?; title: What we fear the most; title: Conversations with Jerome Ashby; title: Challenged by a peer; title: Give it up; title: My sandbox buddy; title: Where had he been all my life?; title: Who was he, really?; title: Tales from the symphony; title: Final revelations; title: The New Brass Ensemble and adventures with Madame; title: More European adventures; title: A black brass quintet in Finland?; title: Enchanting encounters; title: What I live for; title: "It's good to be Negro!"; title: Missing Miles; title: Salzburg Festival; title: Finale.