JAMES M. TROTTER.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS. PAGE A Description of Music 11-Jul The Music of

MUSIC AND SOME HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE.

I. A DESCRIPTION OF MUSIC. "In the storm, in the smoke, in the

II. THE MUSIC OF NATURE. "The lark sings loud, and the

III. A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC. "Thespis, the first

IV. THE BEAUTY, POWER, AND USES OF MUSIC.

V. ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD, THE FAMOUS SONGSTRESS; OFTEN

VI. THE "LUCA FAMILY," VOCALISTS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS. "God

VII. HENRY F. WILLIAMS, COMPOSER, BAND-INSTRUCTOR, ETC.

VIII. JUSTIN HOLLAND, THE EMINENT AUTHOR AND ARRANGER, AND

IX. THOMAS J. BOWERS, TENOR-VOCALIST; OFTEN STYLED THE

X. JAMES GLOUCESTER DEMAREST, GUITAR AND VIOLIN. "Soft is the

XI. THOMAS GREENE BETHUNE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "BLIND TOM," THE

BLIND TOM'S CONCERTS.

PROGRAMME. Classical Selections. 1. Sonata "PathEtique"

XII. ANNA MADAH AND EMMA LOUISE HYERS, VOCALISTS AND PIANISTS.

THE FAMOUS CALIFORNIA VOCALISTS, THE HYERS SISTERS! (COLORED.)

XIII. FREDERICK ELLIOT LEWIS, PIANIST, ORGANIST, VIOLINIST,

XIV. NELLIE E. BROWN, THE FAVORITE NEW-HAMPSHIRE VOCALIST. "The

XV. SAMUEL W. JAMIESON, THE BRILLIANT YOUNG PIANIST. "While a

XVI. THE VIOLIN. [13] "Thou mystic thing, all-beautiful! What

XVII. JOSEPH WHITE, THE EMINENT VIOLINIST AND COMPOSER. "Across

XVIII. THE COLORED AMERICAN OPERA COMPANY. "Who, as they sang,

XIX. THE FAMOUS JUBILEE SINGERS OF FISK UNIVERSITY. "The air he

XX. THE GEORGIA MINSTRELS. "All the minstrel art I know, I the

PART SECOND.

OTHER REMARKABLE MUSICIANS, AND THE MUSIC-LOVING SPIRIT OF VARIOUS LOCALITIES.

I.

PROGRAMME. Part First 1 Trio for Two Violins and Piano David

PROGRAMME. Part First. 1 Quartet. "Alpine Echoes." Miss

II. SOME MUSICAL PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.

III. NEW ORLEANS. THE MUSICAL AND GENERAL CULTURE OF ITS

GRAND Vocal and Instrumental Concert,

ON OCTOBER 14, 1877, IN Masonic Hall, cor. of St. Peter and

PROGRAMME. Part First. 1 OVERTURE. "La Muette de Portici"

APPENDIX. MUSIC.

PREFACE TO THE MUSIC.

CONTENTS TO THE MUSIC. PAGE Anthem for Christmas ( William

ANTHEM FOR CHRISTMAS.

WELCOME TO THE ERA. MARCH.

AN ANDANTE.

THE PILGRIM. GRAND OVERTURE.

THE PARISIAN WALTZES.

LE SERMENT DE L'ARABE. CHANT DRAMATIQUE.

LA CAPRICIEUSE. VALSE.

AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE. (VARIATIONS ET FINAL SUR L'AIR.)

"LAURIETT." BALLAD.

LES CLOCHETTES. FANTAISIE MAZURKA.

"RAYS OF HOPE." MARCH.

SCENES OF YOUTH. FANTAISIA for PIANO

MASS FOR THREE VOICES.

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Note

About this book: James Monroe Trotter (1842-1892) was born into slavery in Mississippi. His mother escaped with Trotter and his brother via the Underground Railroad, and they settled in Cincinnati, where Trotter became a teacher. He moved to Boston and fought in the Civil War, becoming the first African-American to achieve the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Union Army. He later became the first African-American to be employed by the U.S. Post Office, but resigned in protest when discrimination prevented his promotion. His Music and Some Highly Musical People, written in 1878, is said to be the first comprehensive study of music written in the United States. In 1887, President Cleveland appointed Trotter to the office of Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, succeeding the great African-American statesman Frederick Douglass in what was then the highest government position to be attained by an African-American. (Source: Wikipedia.) This e-book was prepared from a 1968 reprint published by the Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York.

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