Floyd, Samuel A., Jr., 1937-2016
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Fuller Name
- Samuel Alexander
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1937-02-01
Death Date
- 2016-07-11
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1962
- Affiliation End: 1964
- Organization: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1964
- Affiliation End: 1978
- Organization: Southern Illinois University (Carbondale campus)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1978
- Affiliation End: 1983
- Organization: Fisk University
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1983
- Affiliation End: 2002
- Organization: Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.). Center for Black Music Research
Birth Place
- Tallahassee (Fla.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Blacks--Music--History and criticism
Occupation
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Sources
- found: His 99 street beats, cadences, and exercises, c1961.
- found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014(Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.)
- found: The History Makers WWW site, accessed May 13, 2016(Accomplished musical educator Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., was born in Tallahassee, Florida, on February 1, 1937. Floyd received his B.S. degree from Florida A&M University in 1957 before attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he received his M.M.E. degree in 1965, and his Ph.D. in 1969)
- found: Floyd, S. The transformation of Black music, 2017ECIP data sheet (Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. is Director Emeritus and Consultant for the Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago. He is also the editor of Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance.)
- found: Illinois Authors WWW site, accessed May 13, 2016(Samuel Alexander Floyd; Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Samuel A. Floyd)
- found: Grove music online, July 18, 2016(Floyd, Samuel A(lexander), Jr.; born February 1, 1937, Tallahassee, Florida; American musicologist and music administrator; taught at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (1962-1964) and Southern Illinois University (1966-1978); then appointed director of the Institute for Research in Black Music, Fisk University (1978-1983); director of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College, Chicago, 1983-1990, reappointed to this position in 1993; editor of Black music research journal and Lenox Avenue: a journal of interartistic inquiry; as a musician, Floyd has been active as a percussionist; he taught percussion instruments and studies at both Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and at Southern Illinois University)
- found: Center for Black Music Research WWW site, July 18, 2016(Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.; born February 1, 1937, Tallahassee, Florida, died July 11, 2016, Chicago; educator, musician, scholar, and champion of black music research; founded the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago in 1983, retiring in 2002; began his music career as a high school band director in Florida before returning to Florida A & M University, where he had received his bachelor's degree, to serve as instructor and assistant band director; joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1964; professor of music at Fisk University, where he founded and served as director of the Institute for Research in Black American Music, 1978[-1983]; editor of Black music in the Harlem Renaissance, 1990, International dictionary of Black composers, 1999; founder of Black music research journal in 1980, and Lenox Avenue: a journal of interartistic inquiry)
- found: OCLC database, July 18, 2016(predominant usage: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.; other usage: Samuel A. Floyd)
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Change Notes
- 1983-04-18: new
- 2016-07-21: revised
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