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African American Music Appreciation Month

The month of June provides a time to appreciate and celebrate African American musicians, composers, singers, and songwriters. This observation began on June 7, 1979, when President Jimmy Carter decreed June to be Black Music Month.

The month of June provides a time to appreciate and celebrate African American musicians, composers, singers, and songwriters. This observation began on June 7, 1979, when President Jimmy Carter decreed June to be Black Music Month.

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Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate

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Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate
A short profile of many popular musicians who got their start in Spartanburg, S.C., including Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones, Paul Riddle, the Marshall Tucker Band, Pink Anderson (from whom Pink...
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Lesson four is concerned with costuming the singers and the use of wigs and special stage make-up.
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Lesson three is a continuation of The Magical Theater of Music and will be concerned with the elements which make up a "stage setting"--the style and design of the stage set, its construction and its...
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Episode 5
This final lesson is a continuation of The Magical Theater of Music and the finale or conclusion. It is a condensed 3O-minute performance of Domenico Cimarosa's comic opera, "The Secret Marriage."...
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This lesson is an introduction to The Magical Theater of Music. Little advance preparation is necessary for the viewing. Since the generic name "opera" has pejorative connotations in the minds of many...
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The lesson will be concerned with the musical elements which go into a production.
Thomas

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Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins | Walter Edgar's Journal
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In this first segment on Civil War piano music, Dr. David B. Thompson briefly discusses the life of African American composer Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, and plays one of his works.
Geddings, Eli | South Carolina Public Radio Gospel Music | South Carolina Public Radio

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Gospel Music | South Carolina Public Radio
"G" is for Gospel Music. Gospel music as a genre consists of two major categories, White Gospel and Black Gospel. Both styles share similar musical routes that stem from the evangelical religious...
Carson, Jane Caroline Petigru | South Carolina Public Radio Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio

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Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio
“C” is for Charleston Renaissance [ca. 1915-1940]. The Charleston Renaissance was a multifaceted cultural renewal. Artists, musicians, writers, historians, and preservationists—individually and in...
The Prehistory of S.C. | Conversations on S.C. History - Episode 2 SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History 19

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SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History
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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. in this episode, learn about South Carolina Music and Musicians. Genres of music like spirituals, blues, gospel...