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Sign up for our monthly email alertsAmerican Composer Zenobia Powell Perry
Race and Gender in the 20th Century
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SUBJECTS
Area Studies » African American Studies
Music » Biographies
REVIEWS
"The book's best feature is that, thanks to many years of acquaintance, Pool is able to let Zenobia Powell Perry speak in her own voice, giving readers the impression that they truly are getting to know her."
—Winter 2010, The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon
DESCRIPTION
Zenobia Powell Perry (1908-1993) was a composer whose life provides insight to a special time in the 1920s and '30s when black American composers were finally being recognized for their unique contributions to the country's music. Born in Boley, Oklahoma to a black father and a black Creek Indian mother, Zenobia was influenced by both black American and native American folklore, music, language, and poetry.
In American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century, Jeannie Gayle Pool examines the life of this talented individual who faced tremendous challenges as a female, as an African American, and as a woman of mixed heritage. Based on interviews conducted by the author, as well as Perry's personal papers, correspondence, and scores, Pool provides a rich portrait of this unique composer. Pool also provides an analysis of Perry's musical style, a chronology, a complete list of works, and several appendixes. Raising many complex and unresolved issues related to American blacks with Native American heritage, Perry's life story bears witness to a century in which tremendous strides were made toward equality for all.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeannie Gayle Pool Ph.D. is a musicologist, composer, documentary filmmaker, and producer. An expert on music for motion pictures, she is a consultant for Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Music Department. She is also the author of Peggy Gilbert & Her All-Girl Band (Scarecrow, 2008).
