The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 10, 1938, Page Page 2, Image 2
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W. C. Handy, Originator of "The
St. Louis Blues, Coming to Columbia.
October 7th.
tickets UlTered Tn Advance Tor
Local Clubs in All Parts of the
kg! State.
Show Begins at Eight-Trirty.
(By Special Corre? pondent)
The Nina Mae Literary and Dra
matic Club, of Columbia, will feain
a thrw-act, play?in the Township
Audi'torium, October 7th. The
play will present son''' nf| the hett.
talent of yoeng people, who are
being trained for sta?.e performo
?-ance hv*ie and elsewhere.
j. In order to make special accommodations
for th ? out-of-to\Vn
club members, the management
"Xvill^have advance ticket sales, and
it is suggested that all clujb mtflnbers
get their tickets befofe hand
by writing to Thu-Palmett^ Lead
. -er's office.
One of the biff "feature? of the
"Cavalcade of the Blues" in the
H Township Auditorium, October 7,
will be the appoaran c of W. C.
"BB * ~=TT!ifTr!\"r,"1 Uh gei'son},' onglhato'r "of
the "St T .unis Rliiae " The "St.
kSfl Louis Bluets" has bad a swing around
the world and is in itself
f a- big hit when placed as* a part
of any entertainment. \V, C. Handy
is. a composer of many numbers
in high class music, in which
he features with ease Negro Spirituals
ip music-composed by himself.
He has written and is writing
many sacred songs thai?can |
be used rn .churches and schools]
and fur this reason The" churches
}f St. .Louis staged his big recital
ast week. His book of SpiritA-eek
and ready for distribution
to Dramatic Clubs in the chain of
clubs sponsored by .The-Palmetto
Leader, under the auspices of the
Nina Mae Literary and Dramtic
Club. "
Handy Is Magnct5c Artist
^\V. C? Handy introduced the indigo
hue to AMERICAN MUSIC
c when he gave the world "The*
ifpmnKi-J Rlnne M A ..
warn r...? r"1"
?gW-? this song sent i!d Crump to Congress
arid TTan iy tu Broadway. Itl
$ 3 was here that he adapted political i
wofds, to" a wo^isong, snappy!
fcjl rhythm that welled-. straight out |
K9 .. of "hw being. Audiences had been
Ka listening patently ' f" , hn "
"""Tore, but after he gave them the
** rj| music that is native to his people'
*39 they went wild with enthusiasm.
After "The Memphis Blues"
? came the ""St. Loin's""Blues," the
"Beale Street Ttluos" ana scores
|9 of others.? America?took to the
Blues and from the initial impulse
'supplied by Handy, went on
Ira to jazz and swing.
* Handy was born- in Florence, I
19 Alabama. His father and granrl-J
father were Methodist preachers,
but Handy would pass^ up a sermon
any Sun^ay^tohear the river
men sing their mournful songs as
th(?y toiled. He can mfl_kx> a cornet
talk, and he is one of the. bestliked
musicians of Amerrca.
Endorsed by The Press
:a have not only endorsed Mr...
Handy as a great artist .but have I
m given to nis work many columns
of space with big head line an-;
Em nouncpmetits..
We find interesting and newsy ;
articles, editorials and comments!
?:T Bfl from editors of the "Sports Maws ']
running through America-g best |
B iournalo!?Hauji Maillll 111 "F66tlights
and Flickers," The ?om [
mercial Appeal, Memphis, says?
The suggestion here Wednesday j
that W. Or- Handy, ''Father of
Jazz," bo invited to lead the or-1
chcstra of Paul Whiteman, "King!
jw of Jazz," in a medloy of Ilandy'rj
blues at ont of the Cotton Carni-|
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Admission:
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the Carton, "BIRTH OF
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Member,
val balls met: with an immediai
response.
Charlie Morgan brings wo
that the committee?in_char?o -U
egraphed Whiteman at once, as!
ing his approvad-.of an invitatic
- , To-the elderly Negro composer
lead the Whiteman orchestra
"Memphis Blues," "Beale Stre
one of the Carnival dances i
Ellie Auditorium.
I feel sure that Whiteman \vi
join in this gesture of honor to
great Southern Negro who ht
brought honor to 'Memphis thr
the gentle humility of hi*s ow
??career an well aa* the~renown ~c
his music, *
Since the NBC stations froi
coast to coast are to broadcast 3
minutes . of the Whiteman mus:
during the- ball on Tuesday?mtf*
of carnival week, it has bt?en fui
ther suggested that 4he tribute t
* Handy be,paid during that tim
so that the world can hear th
T white ^cftple of the South hone
a Negro who deserves such recos
nition and who will accept it hun
bly, yet happily, in the spirit i
which' it is given.
Tvni'Cal of the voncfinn t<-> 1
Handy suggestion is the followin
lette? from Mrs. Frank Hayder
widow of the Memphis banker:
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?I "Your suggc?;tion of asking . W. i'i
id C. Handy to^ lead 6ne number of c
d-Paul\Vhiteman'P orchestra"tftnrmgrT
k- the Cotton Carnival, I think ex- j t!
>n ^cellent. & e
to "I would love to see the white ii
m people of Momphis pay W.C. Han- tl
et ly this tri'bute which I think ho v
at "ThIs idea -of -yours f Tfurfk is *
, Very broad-minded and kin~ly for e
11 one of your years. Very sincerely, j"f
a "JESSIE MATSON HAYDEM." j A
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u| The California Eagli? was furP.fi
n nished this story fro mits New
>f Yorlf correspondent as of Aug. 11:
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Handy on Broadway 20 Years
n New Yorkw Aug. 11. (C)?W. tr
0 C. Handy, father of the "Blues," ir
ie; has been on Broadway for twenty c<
years, he rovonlcH i*fr'a~~cp"ir>pi-il rr??
t'erview in the office of- Handy , li
0. Brothers Musie Co., Friday;?Mr.?
ie Jlondy will be G5 years old on' w
;0 'November 1G, and is still active, r,
>r managing the affairs of his world jj
> i Wide-organization himself. Asso- \\
i- ciated -with him in the business is '?
n his brother. C. E. Handy, and his p
| son, \V. "C. Handy, Jr. m
e' Mr. Handy practically earns
g his living now from royalties on.fhi
1,; "The ScT ours Blues." As a mem-: si
[ Per of the American Society af [ .ft
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posers, Authors and Pu
rs, his rights aie amply protect- i t
d, and his income runs around; b
20,000."a~~y.e-ar from all rights to [ c
tie song. His firm is active, how-! c
vcr, in the publishing field, andlc
i making a special effort to cause Y
ic public to know better the!
orks of Negro authors. A new i a
ieio the?firm has pubtlshecT lip
Drum Corps with Bugle," a mod- j h
in treatise by A. Jack Thomas,;
jj-'mer bandmaster of the - U. S.1
rmy, many copies of which have rr
een bought by the government T
3r the CCC camp banda. j w
From tho Editorial Page of the t^
^w-Yerk Journal: - ~
Beale street, Memphis'a hum- h
iinj* Negro thoroughfare, is go- [r
ig to croon the hi lies. during the! 0
>tton carnival in May, but it - tl
on't be because Of > any tough m
,ck- i ' j k:
Oh the contrary,- Beale street i oi
ill be celebrating, pnd with good ! "1
qason. For during^the carnival b<
. will hail its most famous son, oi
r. C. Handy, the composer of the b<
Beale Street Blues," "Memphis th
lues" amL the universally known er
3jt. Lours Blues." | to
Handy, even during his lifetime in
iccesses are firmly imbedded in j w
f ihip
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he other. When he leads the
and during the carnival, and re. ?
eives the tribute of hTemphis's
itizens, New York wril have ocasion
to be proud, too. For New
ork, that is Handy's home now.
Beale street and Broadway alike
ppreciate standing
roponent of jazz and a credit tc
is race and his nation.
TraHmg down the father of
lodern blues, The Boston Eveming
Tanscript gives, a descriptive
rite-up in a three-column editor^
tl- from which we clip the first
vo paragraphs:
For" the past few days Boston
as been -enterttifining, and has
1 turn been_ entertained by, one
f the most important figures in
ie history of contemporary-- A- erican
music-'-Wrlliam C. Handy
nown to musicians inside - and
itside of Tin Pan Alley as thi#
?ather of the blues." There has
ien much controversy about the
-igin. of the blues; there ha?
jon much debate, indeed, about
le precise origins of jazz, wheth
regional, racial or thematic. As
i* the part played by Mr. Handy
lifting the blues out of theii
ilavive obscurity into the bright
hitvs lights?eventually-of Broad
ay, there is much less doubt.
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uditor
VIA
1938
From 11:00 t
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Saturday, Scptrrnhcr 10, 193 >.
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- Hod it nut been for this iNegro
musician, whose life has been as
as most of us ar? concerned, obscure,
it is not very likely- that
- today we shield be?humming ?==^~
songs of indigo hue, in whicr the
sorrows and the humors of an en- "
tire race have found such origi- EgN ' A
nal expression.
Thu prejudice against jazz and
against the blues, as words and .
istic rather than an aesthetic canon.Nftt.
ft smnll r?r?r+ir*n nf fKo
splf-annrifr prejiwlira?is rqOal. If ?r?"
happened that modern jazz , has
bqen developed,, whether as^ to artistic
expression or commercial
exploitation, by the Negro and tho Bj
Jew?two races against which,
even in the United States, thefre
still remains a remnant of,. shall Bj
we say, ill feeling. ' I -have pointed
out before, certain curious affinities
existing between these
races?affinities that may be sourc
ed in a common ultimate Oriental
origin, as well as in their historical
status as oppressed peoples.
Whatever the reasons, surely these ,
strange blend in such phenomena
- a? the development of jazz.
Big Entertainment for South
Carolinians
South Carolinians, white and ? I
colored, will be given the biggest
entertainment of a life time Oc- |S '
.tober 7th, wHeh~they come"to~set
the performances of the set-up in
the . Drama in Three ^Acti,?"The _==1B
- Uovaloade of the Dluna, wrlttah*
by Miss _Mary_Annie Bunting, un- Wj
der the auspices p* the ? oH
Literary and Dramatic Club, be--4?g?sponsored
by? The Palmetto H
Leader.
The biggest feature of the. play ?-?' ^B
in the Township Auditorium a i iH r
that time will be the part played
by W. C. Handy, who will be |H
here, IN PERSON, and who will {?
display his great ability as an ar- pa
tist, musician and interpret the _ M
fullest meaning' of JThe St. Louis _ tS
Blues" and the new meaning ot la]
Your trip to Columbia, October * j
. "th will briny to vnn information |jj
worth while, recreation of the
highest type and you will make
a fundamental contribution to the ||?
initial advent of the Nina Mae
LiteTaTy and Dramatic Club. Yuu k]
will show your gloriotis apprdcia- ^"7"
. tion for the cfforto being put forth Kj
by The Palmetto Leader rn sponsoring
what will be a great liter- * HS
ary venture for the employment ral
of so many of our young people.
Blues Composed by
Mr. W. C. Handy
SAINT LOUIS BLUES I
YELLOW DOG, BLUES H
HESITATING BLUES
LOVELESS LOVE (BLUES) B
MEMPHIS BLUES
AUNT HAGAR'S BLUES
JOE TURNER BLUES
FRIENDLESS BLUES
CA R EL ESS LOVE :
HARLEM BLUES T '
| BEALE STREET BLUES
AND TO BE SUNG IN
i "Cavalcade of the
Blues," Oct. 7th H
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