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Classical music: Black and Latino musicians hope to change the image of the art form.(CULTURE)
PLAYWRIGHT LORRAINE HANSBERRY coined the phrase 'young, gifted, and Black' ... and hit a nerve. Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin are among the many who have borrowed the phrase to spotlight the predicament of being an artist of color, to "have a lovely precious dream," as Simone put it, in a whitewashed society.
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The point is pushed to crisis in classical music. While Asian musicians have found a place in classical music--and, consequentlly, in audiences--Black and Latinos have not. With the exception of ethnic celebration concerts, stages and audiences remain heavily white. Nationwide, less than three percent of the members of ...
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...showcases works by black composers, an African...positions. "The number of black audience members at...Orchestra. "Very few blacks in Detroit feel that classical music has anything to offer...says, because young black students are "not...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 13, 1989 700+ words
...importance of blacks in music...place of black classical music in the curriculum...relevant only to blacks. "Most...that all classical music was written...way to get black youth involved with classical music is to show...realize that blacks have a ...
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...barriers in classical music at the age...became the first Black instrumentalist...barriers in classical music when he became the first Black musical director...the way in classical music when he became the first Black conductor at...
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...Orchestra Shows Beauty Of Black Classical Music. The Afro-American Chamber...Orchestra demonstrated why black American classical music should be preserved, when...to the preservation of black classical music from 1773 to the present...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff January 29, 1989 700+ words
...music. This works against black composers of concert music. People may love black music when it comes to...systematically exclude classical music by black composers from the systems...concert music composed by blacks since 1800, and T. J...
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- Magazine article from: Esquire Guest, Rick May 1, 2008 700+ words
...possible. One reason classical music is so stigmatized is...Armani: silver-and-black-enamel stud set...to do is look to some classical-music CD covers to see how...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ROBERT BLACK. PERFORMING HIS OWN...
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- Magazine article from: Jet August 15, 2005 700+ words
...violin duo calling themselves Black Violin have been bridging the gap between classical music and hip hop as Florida's funkiest...group got its name from the album Black Violin by Stuff Smith, the preeminent Black violinist of the swing era...
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- Magazine article from: The Nation Santoro, Gene December 30, 1996 700+ words
...what is frequently - and misleadingly - dubbed America's classical music is moving. For folks inside the small, sectarian, noisy...It has been ever thus. Those who speak of jazz as our classical music point to swing era greats as pillars of the Tradition who...
Source: HighBeam Research, Classical music: Black and Latino musicians hope to change the image...