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* Today in Black History - September 1 *
1912 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English-born composer of Hiawatha's
Wedding Feast and professor of music at Trinity College of
Music in London, joins the ancestors in Croyden, England.
Coleridge-Taylor was the most important black composer of his
day and toured the United States three times, where he played
with Will Marion Cook, Clarence Cameron White, and collaborated
with Paul Laurence Dunbar in setting several of his poems to
music.
1977 - Ethel Waters, singer and actress, joins the ancestors in Chatsworth,
California at the age of 80. She was the first African American
entertainer to move from vaudeville to 'white' entertainment. She
starred in many movies such as "Something Special" (1971), "Carib
Gold" (1955), "The Member of the Wedding" (1952), "Pinky" (1949),
"Cabin in the Sky" (1943), "Cairo" (1942), "Tales of Manhattan"
(1942), "Black Musical Featurettes, V. 1" (1929), Short Subjects
V. 1" (1929), and "On With the Show" (1929). She also was in the
first network show to feature an African American actress as the
star (The Beulah Show-1950).
* Today in Black History - September 2 *
1902 - "In Dahomey" premieres at the Old Globe Theater in Boston,
Massachusetts. With music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics by poet
Paul Laurence Dunbar, it is the most successful musical of its day.
1928 - Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver is born in Norwalk, Connecticut.
He will become a jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer who will
initially lead the Jazz Messengers with drummer Art Blakey before
forming his own band in 1956. A pioneer of the hard bop style, he
will attract to his band the talents of Art Farmer, Donald Byrd,
and Blue Mitchell, among others.
* Today in Black History - September 3 *
1910 - Dorothy Maynor is born in Norfolk, Virginia. She will become a
renown soprano and will sing with all of the major American and
European orchestras. She will found the Harlem School of the
Arts.
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