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Sto caricando le informazioni... Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Banddi Anne F. Rockwell
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A great story about a little known piece of music history. ( ) (52) I'm always on the lookout for biographies that show quiet heroism. Not sports stars or celebrities, but the everyday people who make life better for those around them. This is one of those books. Don't be fooled by the cover's horn bell -- this is a book that is only tangentially about the "rag" music brought from Charleston to New York City, spawning a dance craze. More, it's a book about an everyday man, a minister who gathers wood to make ends meet, who ultimately creates an orphanage and, from that, a band. A highly-recommended picture book suitable to great class discussion about heroism. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band instruments - some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. He found teachers to show the kids how to play. Soon the orphanage had a band. And what a band it was. The Jenkins Orphanage Band caused a sensation on the streets of Charleston. People called the band's style of music "rag" - a rhythm inspired by the African-American people who lived on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. The children performed as far away as Paris and London, and they earned enough money to support the orphanage that still exists today. They also helped launch the music we now know as jazz. Hey, Charleston! is the story of the kind man who gave America "some rag" and so much more."--Jacket flap. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)784.4The arts Music Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music [formerly: Voice and vocal music] Folk songsClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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