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Encyclopedia: W. C. Handy
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I've been thinking about William Christopher Handy and how important his work was. I wrote a piece about Handy for my book and I don't see why this wouldn't...
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William Christopher Handy, the Father of the Blues,was born in Florence, Alabama, on November 16, 1873. Both his father and grandfather were ministers. He got his first lessons on the cornet in a barber shop, not an unusual spot for musical lessons at the time.
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William Christopher Handy was born in Florence, AL, in 1873. His early years were spent living in a log cabin built by his grandfather, a local minister (as was his father). Handy was musical from an early age, and took lessons on the cornet from a local barbershop.
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William Christopher Handy's "Memphis Blues" Was Published ; September 28, 1912 ; Do you listen to the blues? If you haven't, you've definitely heard music influenced by the blues (a song of sadness in which the second line often repeats the words of the first).
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William Christopher Handy's "Memphis Blues" Was Published ; September 28, 1912 ; Born in Alabama in 1873, W.C. Handy found his true calling when he began playing cornet with dance bands traveling the Mississippi Delta.
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Handy was a son and grandson of Methodist ministers, and he was educated at Teachers Agricultural and Mechanical College in Huntsville, Ala. Going against family tradition, he began to cultivate his interest in music at a young age and learned to play several American composerin full William Christopher Handy...
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