Dean Dixon - Negro At Home, Maestro Abroad

In this book,conductor and scholar Rufus Jones, Jr. brings to light a literal treasure trove of unpublished primary sources to tell the compelling story of the great American conductor, Dean Dixon.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
Chapter 1: West Indians in Harlem
Chapter 2: Dean Dixon School of Music
Chapter 3: The Damrosch School
Chapter 4: Pursuing the Dream
Chapter 5: Eleanor Roosevelt
Chapter 6: The Plastic Carrot
Chapter 7: Search for Democracy
Chapter 8: Black and White
Chapter 9: Exodus
Chapter 10: Mary
Chapter 11: Drama, Down Under
Chapter 12: Prague
Chapter 13: Sojourn Home
Chapter 14: I'm Not Tired Yet
Chapter 15: Ritha
Epilogue: On My Shoulders
Appendix 1: In Memoriam
Appendix 2: Conductors Handbook
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Rufus Jones Jr.

Summary

In this book, conductor and scholar Rufus Jones, Jr. brings to light a literal treasure trove of unpublished primary sources to tell the compelling story of the great American conductor, Dean Dixon.

Product details

• Authors: Rufus Jones, Rufus Jr. Jones, Rufus M. Jones, Rufus Jones Jr.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781538120880
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2088-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: African American Cultural Theory and Heritage; African American Cultural Theo; African American Cultural Theo; African American Cultural Theory and Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Western "classical" music