W. C. Handy morreu há 65 anos

  

William Christopher Handy (Florence, Alabama, November 16, 1873 – New York City, New York,  March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues".

Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues, he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music.

Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from several performers. He loved this folk musical form and brought his own transforming touch to it.

  

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W. C. Handy morreu há 64 anos

  

William Christopher Handy (Florence, Alabama, November 16, 1873 – New York City, New York,  March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues".

Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues, he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music.

Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from several performers. He loved this folk musical form and brought his own transforming touch to it.

  

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Bessie Smith nasceu (provavemente) há 119 anos

Bessie Smith (Chattanooga, Tennessee, 15 de abril de 1894 - Clarksdale, Mississippi, 26 de setembro de 1937) foi uma cantora de blues norte-americana.

Às vezes referida como "A Imperatriz dos Blues", Smith foi a mais popular cantora de blues das décadas de 20 e 30 do século XX. Ela é frequentemente considerado como uma das maiores cantoras de sua época, e juntamente com Louis Armstrong, uma grande influência sobre os vocalistas de jazz posteriores.

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