(MUSIC.) DOUGLASS, JOSEPH. Silver print photograph of Frederick Douglass' grandson, Joseph Douglass and his wife Fannie Howard Douglass, 9-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches, on the original photographer's cardboard mount Np, circa 1910-1915
Estimate $800-1,200 (SwannGalleries.com)
Joseph Douglass (1871-1935)
While his grandfather
and father were amateur violinists, this grandson of Frederick Douglass
became a noted concert artist who toured the USA and Europe for three
decades. In 1914 he became the first violinist ever to record for
Victor Talking Machine Company, however those recordings were never
released.
Please see partial list (string players of African descent) http://www.jazzbows.com/blackviolinlinks.html
String players of African descent and others have
the extraordinary challenge of learning standard repertoire which is a
full time job and still find time to learn additional music not taught
in the standard curriculum. During the 150th Anniversary Emancipation
Proclamation Concert produced by MusicUNTOLD and KUSC Classical Radio,
Violinist Sanford Allen, Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and Violinist
Annelle Gregory performed compositions by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and William Grant Still
respectively. Additionally, Allen and Ngwenyama played a Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart duo. Their performances were recorded and will be heard
on a forthcoming KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM broadcast and 5-7 days
on-demand.
Thanks
John
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