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W. C. Handy
Sign in to saveAlso known as W.C. Handy, W C Handy, WC Handy, Father of the Blues, William C. Handy, William Christopher Handy
American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1873
- Died
- 1958
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy
- Two rags for saxophone (soprano, alto, or tenor) or clarinet and piano
- W.C. Handy
- St. Louis blues
- Blues
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Sound · Florence, Alabama, USA
Known for
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self1993
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
- The Negro Soldier — Self (archive footage)1944
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1873
- Active to
- 1958
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17,217
- Total plays
- 53,019
Tags
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – 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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/W.C.+Handy">Rea
Recent publications · Crossref
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Quotes
- “I think America concedes that (true American music) has sprung from the negro. When we take these things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.”
- “Life is like a trumpet. If you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out.”
- “If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Also known as
- Father of the Blues
- Born
- William Christopher Handy , ( 1873-11-16 ) November 16, 1873, Florence, Alabama , U.S.
- Origin
- Memphis, Tennessee , U.S.
- Died
- March 28, 1958 (1958-03-28) (aged 84), New York City , U.S.
- Genres
- Blues jazz
- Occupations
- Composer musician bandleader
- Instrument
- Trumpet
- Years active
- 1893–1948
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre but was one of the first to publish music in the blues form, thereby taking the blues from a regional music style (Delta blues) with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.
Handy used elements of folk music in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from various performers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “W. C. Handy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.