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In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin
In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin
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American girls and women used the parlor piano to reshape their lives between 1880 and 1920, the years when the instrument reached the height of its commercial and cultural popularity. Newspapers, memoirs, biographies, women’s magazines, personal papers, and trade publications show that female pianists engaged in public-facing piano play and work in pursuit of artistic expression, economic gain, self-actualization, social mobility, and social change. These motivations drove many to use their piano skills to play beyond the parlor, by studying in conservatory, working as classical and popular music performers and composers, founding and teaching at schools, working as department store …
Albert George ("Al") Hibbler, John A. Drobnicki
Albert George ("Al") Hibbler, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Al Hibbler was a singer who had success both as a solo artist ("Unchained Melody") and with big bands (Jay McShann, Duke Ellington).
Davis Eli ("David") Ruffin, John A. Drobnicki
Davis Eli ("David") Ruffin, John A. Drobnicki
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David Ruffin was a singer who had a successful career both as a solo artist and as a member of The Temptations, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.