Research Catalog

Title

William Levi Dawson : American music educator / Mark Hugh Malone ; with content design and pre-editing by Meagan Elizabeth Malone.

Author

Malone, Mark Hugh, 1952-

Publication

• Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Malone, Meagan Elizabeth

Description

viii, 203 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) overcame adversity and Jim Crow racism to become a nationally recognized composer, choral arranger, conductor, and professor of music. In William Levi Dawson: American Music Educator, Mark Hugh Malone tells the fascinating tale of Dawson's early life, quest for education, rise to success at the Tuskegee Institute, achievement of national notoriety as a composer, and retirement years spent conducting choirs throughout the US and world. From his days as a student at Tuskegee in the final years of Booker T. Washington's presidency, Dawson continually pursued education in music, despite racial barriers to college admission. Returning to Tuskegee later in life, he became director of the School of Music. Under his direction, the Tuskegee Choir achieved national recognition by singing at Radio City Music Hall, presenting concerts for Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and performing on nationwide radio and television broadcasts. Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony, only the second extended musical work to be written by an African American, was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in both Philadelphia and New York City. Dawson's arrangements of spirituals, the original folk music of African Americans enslaved in America during the antebellum period, quickly became highly sought-after choral works. This biographical account of Dawson's life is narrated with a generous sprinkling of his personal memories and photographs"--

Series Statement

American made music series

Subject

• Dawson, William L. 1899-1990
• Composers > Alabama > Biography
• African American composers > Biography
• Choral conductors > Alabama > Biography
• African American choral conductors > Biography
• Musicologists > Biography
• Music teachers > Biography
• African American choral conductors
• African American composers
• Choral conductors
• Composers
• Music teachers
• Musicologists
• Alabama
• United States

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Dawson's early years and education : 1899-1930 -- The development of the music school at Tuskegee Institute : 1930-55 -- The rise of the Tuskegee Choir to national prominence : 1931-55 -- Dawson the composer : 1921-90 -- Dawson the pedagogue : 1921-90 -- Appendix A : Choral and orchestral compositions and arrangements -- Appendix B : Awards and honors received by William Levi Dawson -- Appendix C : Significant letters, speeches, and interviews regarding the life of William Levi Dawson.

Call Number

JME 23-307

ISBN

• 9781496844798
• 1496844793
• 9781496844804
• 1496844807
• 9781496844811 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496844842 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496844828 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496844835 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022049654

OCLC

1354231555

Author

Malone, Mark Hugh, 1952- author.

Title

William Levi Dawson : American music educator / Mark Hugh Malone ; with content design and pre-editing by Meagan Elizabeth Malone.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

American made music series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Malone, Meagan Elizabeth, contributor.

Research Call Number

JME 23-307

Sc E 23-1053