[Free
at last: legal aspects concerning the career of Blind Tom Bethune,
1849-1908; Arthur R. La Brew (1976) (68 pages)]
On
the 18th, Arthur R. LaBrew, a resident of Detroit, will be 82. A
graduate prize-winning pianist from Oberlin he undertook the study of
musicology with the venerable Gustav Reese, and continued his piano
studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and in Italy. While in New
York, he roomed with composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Noel
DaCosta, with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He is a
prolific self-published author and meticulous scholar whose
wide-spread interests have had particular focus on 19th-century
America, with definitive monographs on Francis Johnson and Elizabeth
Greenfield. He has been honored for distinguished service by the
National Association of Negro Musicians and the Azalia Hackley
Collection of the Detroit Public Library.
Dominique-René
de Lerma
[AfriClassical.com
profiles Francis B. Johnson (1849-1908) and Coleridge-Taylor
Perkinson (1932-2004). Their Works Lists have been compiled by
Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma and are featured at the website.]
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