TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface...........................................................................................................................xiii Introduction....................................................................................................................xv 1880 – 1899 INTRODUCTION 1891 Profile: Joshua Hamilton, Barbershop Quartet Member ................................. 3 Life at Home ............................................................................................. 3 Life at Work .............................................................................................. 5 Life in the Community: Cincinnati, Ohio ................................................. 7 1898 Profile: Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Child Prodigy Composer ...................... 13 Life at Home ........................................................................................... 13 Life at Work ........................................................................................... 16 Life in the Community: Boston, Massachusetts .................................... 18 Recorded Popular Songs: 1898 .............................................................................. 23 1899 Profile: Albert Gustoff, Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa’s Marching Band ..25 Life at Home .......................................................................................... 25 Life at Work ........................................................................................... 26 Life in the Community: St. Louis, Missouri .......................................... 28 Development of the Clarinet................................................................................... 32 John Philip Sousa Quotations ................................................................................ 33 1899 News Feature: The Vaudeville Theater ............................................................ 35 1900 – 1909 INTRODUCTION 1903 Profile: Floyd Morioka, Methodist Choirmaster............................................. 41 Life at Home ........................................................................................... 41 Life at Work ........................................................................................... 43 Life in the Community: Spokane, Washington ...................................... 45 1905 Profile: Monty Mandell, Journeyman Piano Player ....................................... 53 Life at Home .......................................................................................... 53 Life at Work ............................................................................................ 54 Life in the Community: New Orleans, Louisiana .................................. 56 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Recorded Popular Songs: 1905 ...........................................................................63 1909 Profile: Arthur Farwell, Composed Native American Music .....................65 Life at Home ........................................................................................65 Life at Work ........................................................................................67 Life in the Community: St. Paul Minnesota .......................................70 1909 News Feature: The World’s Music after Five Decades ................................77 1910 – 1919 INTRODUCTION 1913 Profile: Sarah Washington, African-American Spiritual Singer ................83 Life at Home .......................................................................................83 Life at Work ........................................................................................85 Life in the Community: Denmark, South Carolina .............................87 Booker T. Washington Quotations......................................................................92 1916 Profile: Geraldine Farrar, New York Metropolitan Opera Singer ..............95 Life at Home .......................................................................................95 Life at Work ........................................................................................97 Life in the Community: New York, New York ....................................98 1918 Profile: Alonzo “Zo” Elliott, Wrote Famous WWI Song ...........................107 Life at Home .....................................................................................107 Life at Work ......................................................................................109 Life in the Community: New York, New York ..................................110 Recorded Popular Songs from WWI Era: 1914-1918 .................................115 1919 News Feature: With the Allies on the Rhine ...............................................119 1920 – 1929 INTRODUCTION 1925 Profile: Leo Kunstadt, Successfully Marketed Victrola Phonographs .....125 Life at Home .....................................................................................125 Life at Work ......................................................................................127 Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois .........................................129 Timeline of the Victor Phonograph Company ..............................................136 1927 Profile: Florence Mills, Jazz Singer & Dancer ............................................139 Life at Home ......................................................................................139 Life at Work ......................................................................................141 Life in the Community: Harlem, New York ......................................143 1928 News Feature: The Debut of Yehudi Menuhin, The Musical Event of the Month ..........................................................................153 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1929 Profile: Dock Boggs, Banjo-Picker & Singer ................................................. 155 Life at Home ......................................................................................... 155 Life at Work ......................................................................................... 157 Life in the Community: Norton, Virginia ............................................. 159 1930 – 1939 INTRODUCTION 1931 News Feature: The Art of Singing for the Radio............................................ 171 1934 Profile: Russ Columbo, “Romeo of Song” ...................................................... 173 Life at Home ........................................................................................ 173 Life at Work .......................................................................................... 175 Life in the Community: Camden, New Jersey ..................................... 177 1936 Profile: Mark Strahorn, Fiddler with the Empty Road Band ...................... 185 Life at Home ......................................................................................... 185 Life at Work ......................................................................................... 187 Life in the Community: Winston-Salem, North Carolina..................... 190 1939 Profile: Mary Lou Williams, Pianist, Arranger & Musical Inspiration....... 199 Life at Home ........................................................................................ 199 Life at Work .......................................................................................... 201 Life in the Community: Kansas City, Missouri ................................... 202 Recorded Popular Songs: 1939 ............................................................................ 208 1940 – 1949 INTRODUCTION 1942 Profile: Charlie Christian, Perfected the Single-String Technique on Guitar ................................................................................................... 213 Life at Home ........................................................................................ 213 Life at Work ......................................................................................... 215 Life in the Community: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ............................ 216 1945 Profile: Helen Elizabeth Jones, Trombonist in the All-Girl Traveling Band .................................................................................... 223 Life at Home ........................................................................................ 223 Life at Work .......................................................................................... 225 Wartime Entertainers in America ......................................................... 227 1945 News Feature: The Music of the North American Indians............................ 233 1949 Profile: Martin Block, Radio Broadcaster Turned Popular Disc Jockey..... 235 Life at Home ........................................................................................ 235 Life at Work ......................................................................................... 237 Life in the Community: New York, New York...................................... 239 Recorded Popular Songs: 1949 ............................................................................ 245 ix TABLE OF CONTENTS 1950 – 1959 INTRODUCTION 1951 News Feature: The Grass Roots of Opera in America ...............................249 1957 Profile: Carol Lawrence, Maria in West Side Story.....................................251 Life at Home ......................................................................................251 Life at Work ......................................................................................253