Victor-Eugene McCarty
Victor-Eugene McCarty (also Macarty, McCarthy or Macarthy, born between 1817 and 1823),[1] a Louisiana Creole, was one of the first of several prominent free black composers in New Orleans, best-known for publishing Fleurs de salon: 2 Favorite Polkas in 1854.[2] He had earlier in the 1840s become among the first black men to study music abroad, at the Paris Conservatory.[3]
McCarty did not publish as widely as many of his fellow Creole composers of the era, but he was well-known for performing and organizing other musicians, and playing a role in Reconstruction-era politics.[4]
References
- Kein, Sybil (2000). Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color. LSU Press. ISBN 0807126012.
- Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.
- Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.. ISBN 0393038432.
Notes
- ^ Kein, pg. 83; Kein notes that most researchers claim a specific year for McCarty's birth, but that it can not be determined conclusively.
- ^ Wright, Jacqueline R. B.. "Concert Music". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 603–613.
- ^ Southern, pg. 252
- ^ Kein, pg. 83
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