Music and Some Highly Musical People

About this book

Music and Some Highly Musical People by James M. Trotter.

Contents

• MUSIC7
• AND SOME7
• HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE:8
• CONTAINING BRIEF CHAPTERS ON8
• FOLLOWING WHICH ARE GIVEN SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF8
• REMARKABLE MUSICIANS OF THE COLORED RACE. With Portraits,8
• AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING COPIES OF MUSIC COMPOSED BY COLORED MEN. BY8
• JAMES M. TROTTER.9
• FIFTH THOUSAND.9
• PREFACE.11
• CONTENTS.13
• ILLUSTRATIONS.16
• MUSIC AND SOME HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE.18
• A DESCRIPTION OF MUSIC.19
• II.23
• THE MUSIC OF NATURE.23
• III.32
• A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.32
• IV.58
• THE BEAUTY, POWER, AND USES OF MUSIC.58
• V. ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD,70
• THE FAMOUS SONGSTRESS;71
• OFTEN CALLED71
• THE “BLACK SWAN.”71
• VI. THE “LUCA FAMILY,”96
• VOCALISTS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS.97
• VII. HENRY F. WILLIAMS,114
• COMPOSER, BAND-INSTRUCTOR, ETC.115
• VIII. JUSTIN HOLLAND,121
• THE EMINENT AUTHOR AND ARRANGER,122
• AND PERFORMER ON THE GUITAR, FLUTE, AND PIANO-FORTE.122
• IX. THOMAS J. BOWERS,136
• TENOR-VOCALIST;137
• OFTEN STYLED137
• THE “AMERICAN MARIO.”137
• X. JAMES GLOUCESTER DEMAREST,144
• GUITAR AND VIOLIN.145
• XI. THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE,148
• OTHERWISE KNOWN AS149
• “BLIND TOM,” THE WONDERFUL PIANIST149
• BLIND TOM’S CONCERTS.170
• PROGRAMME.171
• Classical Selections.171
• Piano-Forte Solos.171
• Fantasias and Caprices.172
• Marches.172
• Imitations.172
• Descriptive Music.173
• Songs.173
• Parlor Selections.173
• XII. ANNA MADAH AND EMMA LOUISE HYERS,175
• VOCALISTS AND PIANISTS.176
• THE GREATEST MUSICAL PHENOMENA OF THE AGE!188
• THE FAMOUS CALIFORNIA VOCALISTS,189
• THE189
• HYERS SISTERS!190
• (COLORED.)190
• XIII. FREDERICK ELLIOT LEWIS,199
• PIANIST, ORGANIST, VIOLINIST, ETC.200
• XIV. NELLIE E. BROWN,210
• THE FAVORITE NEW-HAMPSHIRE VOCALIST.211
• XV. SAMUEL W. JAMIESON,225
• THE BRILLIANT YOUNG PIANIST.226
• XVI. THE VIOLIN.[13]235
• XVII. JOSEPH WHITE,240
• THE EMINENT VIOLINIST AND COMPOSER.241
• XVIII. THE COLORED AMERICAN OPERA COMPANY.259
• XIX. THE FAMOUS JUBILEE SINGERS271
• FISK UNIVERSITY.272
• XX. THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS.286
• PART SECOND.298
• OTHER REMARKABLE MUSICIANS,299
• AND299
• THE MUSIC-LOVING SPIRIT OF VARIOUS LOCALITIES.299
• PROGRAMME.311
• Part First311
• Part Second.311
• PROGRAMME.314
• Part First.314
• Part Second.314
• II. SOME MUSICAL PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.334
• III. NEW ORLEANS.342
• THE MUSICAL AND GENERAL CULTURE OF ITS COLORED CITIZENS.343
• GRAND356
• Vocal and Instrumental Concert,356
• ON OCTOBER 14, 1877,357
• Masonic Hall, cor. of St. Peter and Claude Streets,357
• UNDER THE DIRECTION OF357
• LOUIS MARTIN, ASSISTED BY HIS AMATEUR FRIENDS.357
• PROGRAMME.358
• Part First.358
• Intermission.—Part Second.358
• Intermission.—Part Third.358
• APPENDIX.362
• MUSIC.362
• PREFACE TO THE MUSIC.363
• CONTENTS TO THE MUSIC.365
• ANTHEM FOR CHRISTMAS.366
• WELCOME TO THE ERA.369
• MARCH.369
• AN ANDANTE.372
• THE PILGRIM.374
• GRAND OVERTURE.374
• THE PARISIAN WALTZES.376
• LE SERMENT DE L’ARABE.378
• CHANT DRAMATIQUE.378
• LA CAPRICIEUSE.381
• VALSE.381
• AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE.383
• (VARIATIONS ET FINAL SUR L’AIR.)383
• “LAURIETT.”385
• BALLAD.385
• LES CLOCHETTES.388
• FANTAISIE MAZURKA.388
• “RAYS OF HOPE.”390
• MARCH.390
• SCENES OF YOUTH.392
• FANTAISIA for PIANO392
• MASS394
• FOR THREE VOICES.394
• GLORIA.395
• AGNUS DEI.396
• FOOTNOTES398
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE403

Product details