Eileen Jackson Southern (born 1920 in Minneapolis - died October 13, 2002 in Port Charlotte, Florida) was an African American musicologist, reasearcher, author and teacher. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Port Charlotte is a Census-designated place (CDP in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music
She attended public schools in her hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Sioux Falls (ˌsuː ˈfɔːlz is the largest city in the US state of South Dakota. In childhood, as she developed as a pianist, young Eileen was introduced to and became partial to the music of those she calls the "piano composers," including Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Claude Debussy. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. In addition, her piano teachers, mostly white, were concerned that she would know music by black composers and introduced her to R. Nathaniel Dett's In the Bottoms, among other such compositions. Biography Dett was born in Drummondville Ontario (now Niagara Falls Ontario) where he studied piano at an early age showing initial interest at age three and formal piano
Southern majored in commercial art at Chicago's Lindblom High School. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. During the same period she won piano-performance and essay competitions, taught piano lessons, and directed musical activities at the Lincoln Community Center. An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view. She gave her first piano recital at the age of twelve and made her debut in Chicago Orchestra Hall at age eighteen, playing a Mozart concerto with the symphony orchestra of the Chicago Musical College. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Chicago Musical College is currently a division of Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University It was founded in 1867, less than four decades after
She attended and received degrees from the University of Chicago (B.A., 1940, and M. A., 1941) and New York University (Ph.D., 1961). The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Her relationship with Cecil Smith encouraged her to further develop her interest in Negro folk music and he advised for her master's thesis. Negro is a term referring to people of Black African ancestry Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous
Southern also studied piano privately at Chicago Musical College, the Juilliard School of Music, and Boston University. The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. She was the first black woman to be appointed a tenured full professor at Harvard University. Her best known book is the seminal history The Music of Black Americans (1971). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Her other work is Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians (1982). Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) She founded The Black Perspective in Music in 1973, with her husband, Prof. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Joseph Southern. It was the first musicological journal on the study of black music, and she was its editor until it ceased publication in 1990. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
She also discovered Frank Johnson, a black Philadelphia bandleader who'd risen to fame at the end of the 1700s. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə He'd led Frank Johnson's Colored Band and by 1818 had taken his band as far south as Richmond, Virginia, playing dances for white southerners. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Johnson had played a command performance at Buckingham Palace, where he received a silver bugle in appreciation. Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch.
Dr. Southern received a National Humanities Medal in 2001 for having "helped transform the study and understanding of American music. The National Humanities Medal honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the Humanities, broadened citizens’ engagement with the humanities Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the " She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of American Music in 2000. An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize Excellence in a certain field a certificate of excellence 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
She headed the Department of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University from 1975 to 1979, and retired in 1987 as a professor emeritus to live in St. Albans, New York. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) St Albans is a residential community in the New York City borough of Queens around the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Farmers Boulevard
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