South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago's Classical Music Scene by Samantha Ege
"An eye-opening work that depicts how Black women transformed classical music in Chicago sheds a light on hidden stories that need to be told."
Publisher Description Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community entwined with Black civic life. Samantha Ege tells the stories of the Black women whose acumen and energy transformed Chicago’s South Side into a wellspring of music making. Read more
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