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William Christopher Handy

William Christopher Handy

     Handy was an American black composer and compiler of "BLUES" music.   He
was born in Florence, Alabama.  He was educated at the Negro Agricultural and
Mechanical College near Huntsville, Alabama.  He was the son of former slaves.
He was educated in the public schools and by his father and paternal grandfather,
both of whom were clergymen.  Handy was the first to bring the African- American
blues to the general publics attention with the publication of his MEMPHIS BLUES
in 1912.  He began his musical career as a cornet soloist and bandmaster with
minstrel shows; one of his earislst engagements was with the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

     Handy also founded a music publishing house and edited and wrote several
books , including the autobiographical Father of the Blues (1941). Originally,
the blues were a type of black folk song little known beyond the southern United
States. Handy's songs brought the blues to international attention.

     Handy's career was rooted in popular music. He began his career in 1896 as
a minstrel show and vaudville corntist and bandleader and then became one of the
first publishers of music by black composers.

     William Christopher Handy was born on Nov,16, 1873, in Florence, Ala,
the son of for...

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