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William Christopher Handy
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Handy was an American black composer and compiler of "BLUES" music. He
was born in Florence, Alabama. He was educated at the Negro Agricultural and
Mechanical College near Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of former slaves.
He was educated in the public schools and by his father and paternal ....
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.... different jobs.
Eventually he settled in Memphas, Tenn.
Although he lost his eyesight at age 30, after WW1 he conducted his own
orchestra from 1903 intill 1921. His eyesight partially returned, but he became
completely blind after a fall from a subway platform in 1943.
Handy wrote music during the period of transition from ragtime to jazz.
The music he had absorbed during his youth consisted of spirituals, work songs,
and folk ballads. His own work consisted of elements of all these in addi.... |
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