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Teacher, pianist, and accompanist to concert artists : oral history transcript / 1996.
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Teacher, pianist, and accompanist to concert artists : oral history transcript / 1996Creator/Contributor:
Allen, William Duncan, 1906-1999, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Love, Ruth.Creator/Contributor:
Crawford, Caroline, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Allen Duncan discusses his family background and childhood in Oregon; his studies at Oberlin and Juilliard; teaching at Howard
and Fisk Universities; accompanying various singers, including Todd Duncan, Paul Robeson, Adele Addison, William Warfield,
and Betty Allen; and working as a columnist for San Francisco Bay Area newspapers. He comments upon segregation in the United
States as it affects Black musicians, fostering Black music and Black composers, and directing choral groups in the Bay Area.
Date:
1996 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Pianists -- United States -- Interviews
African American musicians -- United States -- Interviews
Pianistes -- États-Unis -- Entretiens
Musiciens noirs américains -- États-Unis -- Entretiens
African American musicians
Pianists
United States
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William Duncan Allen ; introduction by Dr. Ruth Love. Interviews conducted by Caroline Crawford in 1995. Regional Oral History
Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
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biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
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1 volume (iv, 135 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
8 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.