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Title
Father of the blues
Type
MusicAudio
Monograph
Contribution
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 (performer)
Cook, Doc, 1881-1958 (performer)
Whitney, Adele Brown (performer)
Handy, Katherine (performer)
Subject
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958
Blues (Music) (LCSH)
Blues (Music)--History and criticism (LCSH)
Genre Form
Blues (Music) (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Classification
LCC: M1630.18 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: not used by assigner)
LCC: DRG SL 5192 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
performed music (prm)
Note
participants: W.C. Handy, vocals, guitar, and trumpet ; Charles Cooke, Adele Brown Whitney, piano ; Katherine Handy, vocals.
Table Of Contents
Talk : The ragtime era
Joe Turner
Talk : The Memphis blues
Mr. Crump
Talk : The blues
Way down south where the blues began
Talk : Reflections
They so in tears shall weep in joy
Beale Street blues
Talk : Lincoln Jubilee Exhibition
Hail to the spirit of freedom
Talk : Theodore Roosevelt
Big stick blues
St. Louis blues
St. Louis blues (Katherine Handy)
I see though my eyes are closed.
Capture
Date: 1952-04-12
Date: 1953-12-07
Recorded Apr. 12, 1952, and Dec. 7, 1953.
Temporal Coverage
1890/1951
Origin Date(s)
1953
Authorized Access Point
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958. Father of the blues
Admin Metadata
Status: new
Date: 1988-03-01
Admin Metadata
Status: changed
Date: 2013-05-02T08:01:23
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
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Status: changed
Date: 2025-08-20T11:57:46.061431-04:00
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Encoding Level: full
Description Conventions: Anglo-American cataloguing rules
Identified By: bf:Local, 5608506
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