William Grant Still's second wife, Verna Arvey, is born. Incorporation of the Clef Club, a music-contracting company, in New York City. Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its publication, The Crisis 1911 William Grant Still begins studies at Wilberforce College in Wilberforce, Ohio; he remains there until 1914. The first opera by a black composer, Treemonisha, by Scott Joplin, performed. 1912 "Memphis Blues," by W. C. Handy, published. James Reese Europe and his ensemble of black symphonic musicians perform at Carnegie Hall. 1913 R. Nathaniel Dett becomes the first black music director of the Hampton Institute. 1914 W. C. Handy's St. Louis Blues published.
The first opera by a black composer, Treemonisha, by Scott Joplin, performed. 1912 "Memphis Blues," by W. C. Handy, published. James Reese Europe and his ensemble of black symphonic musicians perform at Carnegie Hall. 1913 R. Nathaniel Dett becomes the first black music director of the Hampton Institute. 1914 W. C. Handy's St. Louis Blues published.
"Memphis Blues," by W. C. Handy, published. James Reese Europe and his ensemble of black symphonic musicians perform at Carnegie Hall. 1913 R. Nathaniel Dett becomes the first black music director of the Hampton Institute. 1914 W. C. Handy's St. Louis Blues published.
James Reese Europe and his ensemble of black symphonic musicians perform at Carnegie Hall. 1913 R. Nathaniel Dett becomes the first black music director of the Hampton Institute. 1914 W. C. Handy's St. Louis Blues published.
R. Nathaniel Dett becomes the first black music director of the Hampton Institute. 1914 W. C. Handy's St. Louis Blues published.
