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Years active. 1893–1948. William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. [1] [2] He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. [3]
Apr 2, 2014 · Handy's legacy continues to shine in the annals of music, with his songs continually reinterpreted in idioms of blues, jazz, pop and classical music. Often referred to as the "Father of the...
Feb 24, 2010 · 1958. W.C. Handy—the “Father of the Blues”—dies. W.C. Handy, one of the most important figures in 20th-century American popular music history, dies in New York City on March 28, 1958....
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W.C. Handy, American composer who changed the course of popular music by integrating the blues idiom into then fashionable ragtime music. Among his best-known works is the classic ‘St. Louis Blues.’ He also issued anthologies of African American spirituals and blues and studies of Black musicians.
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Virtually every blues history quotes or describes one or both of the key blues discovery moments in Handy’s 1941 autobiography Father of the Blues, even as those histories frame the author himself as a less-than-bluesy figure: not a bluesman, but a bandleader and songwriter who heard, adapted, published, used the blues, then wrote a life narrati...
Mar 19, 2007 · Musician and composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy was born on November 16, 1873, in Florence, Alabama. Widely known as the “Father of the Blues,” Handy is recognized as one of the leaders in popularizing blues music. Young Handy’s interest in music was discouraged by his family and his church.
Known as the Father of the Blues, William Christopher Handy (W.C.), was born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873. He attended public schools in Alabama and after graduating, became a school teacher and then worked in iron mills throughout the south. In the late 1880’s, Handy organized a quartet in which he performed as the cornetist.
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