Swing Along
Subtitle: The Musical Life of Will Marion Cook
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 10, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780195108910
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Composers & musicians; Music / History & Criticism; Composers & Musicians - General; History & Criticism - General; Music; Music/Songbooks; African American composers; Biography; Composers; United States
Description: Composer, conductor and violinist Will Marion Cook was a key figure in the development of American music from the 1890s to the 1920s. In this biography, Marva Griffin Carter writes about Cook's music, career and personality, drawing on both his unfinished autobiography and his wife Abbie's memoir.