Negro in music and drama, the
Auteur :
Freeman, H. Lawrence
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780197810934
Date de publication :
3 mai 2026
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Occupying a seminal position in opera and musical theatre, Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869-1954) stands at the vanguard of black operatic music history. One of the earliest American classical composers to infuse scores with jazz, blues, and spirituals, he inaugurated a black libretto movement that reverberates in musical culture today.