Dett Among Greatest of
Composers Says Eugene
Blazer
Editor, Omaha Guide
2418-20 Grant Street,
Omaha> Nebraska.
Dear Sir: I was unaware of the
fact that Nathaniel R- Dett was
coming to Omaha in the early part
of August, 1940. I was absent
when he visited here. Upon my
return when I learned that he had
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j been here, I asked John Adams,
Jr, and some other what affairs,
I if any, had been given in his hon
or, and wos dismayed to learn
that apart from a small group of
your people nothing was done for
! him.
To my mind Dett is among tne
j few great composers this country
has produced. He was actually
born in Ontario, Canada. He re
ceived his Bachelor of Music De
gree from Oberlin Cillege and his
j Masters Degree from Ea->trnan
J School of Music in Rochester, New
York, where Howard Hanson, who
was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, is
director. In 1920 he won the Har
vard Bondwin prize for his essay
“The Emancipation of Negro Mu
sic”. In 1927 he received first a
ward for creative music from Har
mon Fountion and also the Palm
and Ribbon from the Royal Bei
gian Band by order of the Queen
He has received his Doctor^ De
grees frim Oberlin College and
Howard University. Many other
honors have been bestowed upon
him
He has writen a symphony, ciior
al and other works, and is the au
thor, among other works of “Al
bum of a Heart”, “The Magnolia
Suite", “In the Bottoms”, “Listen
to the Lambs”—parts of which
are used to be played very often
on the radio until the radio barred
his music, as well as other music
in the ASCAP repertoire—‘ The
Chariot Jubilee", “America the
Beautiful”, etc.
Other great Negro composers
are Harry T. Burleigh and William
Handy, author of famous “St.
Louis Blues”, among other. They
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ATTENDANTS AT L. U. CELEBRATION
Usherettes and attendants at the
75th ansiwrsary Founders’ Day
program in Page Auditorium at
Lincoln University Sunday, Jan
uary 12, 1941, are, left to right:
Wendell Pruitt, St. Louis; Flor
ence Ann Brown, Okmulgee, Okla;
Wanda Wheeler( Galesburg, 111.;
L**ontine Golden, St. Louis; Thel
ma Legion, Mississippi; Marjorie
Beck, Kansas City, Mo.; Lanra
Polk, St. Lou'S, M»ry Lois Striven
St- Joseph, Mo.; and Roy Kenn.'r,
St. Louis.
are are all members of the Amer
ican Society of Composers, Auth
ors and Publishers.
Very significant has been the
Negro’s contribution to American
music. A great deal of the music
oven though not credited to him
had its source in his creation.
Dworak’s "New World Symphony’
has its principal themeg from that
source. All great creative comp
osers should be protected and that
should not in any way depend up
on color or race. That is the pur
pose of the Americon Society of
Composers, Authors and Publish
ers.
very truly yours,
Eugene N. Blazer.
The below item is a clipping on
W. C- Handy, sent in by Mr. Blaz
er.
DADDY OF THE BLUES
—By William C. Handy
They call me the ‘daddy ot' the
blues’ and I guess I have been blue
enough times in my life to earn
that title. In spite of the fact that
my songs ‘St. Louis Blues,’ ‘Mem
phis Blues’ (which I sold outright
for $100) and ‘Beale Street Blues’
have come to be accepted as out
standing musical successes I faced
grave financial difficulties after I
went into the publishing business.
Only my membership in ASCAP
saved me from bankruptcy.
My life has been marked by
many s etbaeks as well as a mod
est degree of success. The b'g
gest days were those when royalt
ies from the sale of sheet music
and phonograph records were at
their peak. It is generally ac
cepted that that was the heyday of
the music industry. Radio* came
along in 1921 and swept those roy
alties aside without replacing the
revenue to the creators.
It was a valiant and forceful
struggle agains| great odds that
ASCAP put up in those days and
many members w^ho were in the
pt ime of their careers sacrificed
everything to help win.
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BACK TO CALIF.
Mr. William King, son of Mrs.
Walter Seals, 2808 Binney St-,
who has been visiting in the city
for the past month, left on Mon
day, January 27, for his home in
Los Anegels, Calif. While in the
city he renewed many of his ac
quaintances with old friends and
former school-mates.
VISITOR—
Mir. George C- Andersoi^ cf
Valentine, Nebraska, was a visitor
at The Omaha Guide office while
he was in the city, on Monday,
January 27. Mr. Anderson is em
ployed at the office of “The Mon
itor”, Valentine’s newspaper, as a
linotype operator and pressman
H*' receibed this job at the recom
mendation of a Linotype Machine
Company in Chicago, Illinois. Mr.
Anderson was formerly the editor
of the Gary America^ which is
published at Gary, Indiana. He
left this position in July 1940
when he came to Valentine. As
ide from the operation of the lino
type machine, Mr- Anderson re
pairs machines for other neighbor
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SQUIRES VISITS OMAHA
Mr. Bernard E. Squires, form
er Executive Secretary of the O
maha Urban League,, stopped over
in the city on Tuesday, January
28, while returning home from
Toledo, Ohio, where he attended
the funeral of his father^ Mr. Ira
O. Squires of that city- Mr
Squires’ trip to and from Toledo
was by plane. He is now the Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Seattle
Washington Urban League. While
in Omaha he visited the Urban
League.
“TOPS”
Mr. John McGaugh, who is em
ployed by the Wilcox Motor Sales
Co., at 2066 Farnam Street is a
very exemplary! young man- He
hag been employed at this firm
for the past 8 years in the posit
ion of service foreman- Mr. Wil
cox, his employer, says "He's
Tops”.
CONVALESCING—
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28th and Binney Street, who rec
ently underwent an operation at a
local hospital is convalescing at
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SLOWLY RECOVERING
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This Week In Religion
and Thought
BY ROBT. L. MOODY .
MISTY FOGS—
Somedays begin with a clear sky
and the rising sun. On such days
one may see far away. In level
territory, the horizon may be seen
many miles away.
But all days do not begin with
sunshine. Some days begin with
very dense fogs and visibility may
be measured within a few feet.
, This condition may exist for hours
and finally the misty fog will lift
and the sun shines through.
There are days in our lives
when we are in fogs which keep
us from seeing our way out of fi
nacial situations, sicknesses) or
spiritual crisises. There are times
when nations are in political
fogs and are not certain as to the
proper courses. W/e, as a nation,
are experiencing such fog.
we ao wen to taxe our lesson
from the careful motorists. They
reduce their speed and travel cau
tiously. When we are in the midst
of individual national or interna
tional confusion, let us go slowly
and seek wise and Divine guid
ance
Soon the fog will lift and the
Sun of righteousness will shine
through.
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day approval of a project to con
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Tuskegee institute.
The project is sponsored by the
State department of education will
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