Black Women In American Bands And Orchestras; Author: Handy, D. Antoinette; Hardback; Book

Author: Handy, D. Antoinette
Edition #2; Hardback; Book; 100 Photographs
392 pages
Published: November 1998
Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810834197

The first edition of Black Women in American Bands & Orchestras (a Choice Outstanding Academic Book in 1982) was lauded for providing access to material unavailable in any other source.To update and expand the first edition, Handy has revised the profiles of members featured in the first edition, corrected omissions, and added personal and career facts for new faces on the scene. Profiles are presented under the headings of orchestras and orchestra leaders, string players, wind and percussion players, keyboard players, and non-playing orchestra/band affiliates. Features 100 photographs.A study of black women in American bands and orchestras. This second edition expands and updates the profiles of members featured in the first edition, corrects ommissions, and adds personal and career facts for new faces on the scene.