by Sandra Oberdorfer | Dec 28, 2021
Join musicologist Gordon Neal Herman for this online presentation. Amy Beach: First Great American Female Composer Amy Beach, born 1867 was a child prodigy who began composing at age 4 and performing piano concerts at age 6. Beach was the first American composer to...
by Sandra Oberdorfer | Dec 7, 2021
Join musicologist Gordon Neal Herman for this online presentation. Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith was one of the most popular of the female blues singers during the 1920s and 30s. She began singing on street corners of Chattanooga, Tenn. at the turn...