TY - BOOK AU - Pool,Jeannie G. TI - American composer Zenobia Powell Perry: race and gender in the 20th century SN - 9780810863774 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Scarecrow Press KW - African American women composers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Creek Indians N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index; Zenobia Powell Perry : articulate link to American culture of the 1920s and '30s -- Song and verse in Boley : a lifetime of inspiration for an American composer -- "Lift every voice and sing" : Booker T. Washington; Boley, Oklahoma; and the political reality for Blacks -- Distinctively American : race and music -- The hidden history of Blacks and Native Americans' cultural implications -- Mentors, allies, and supporters : crucial for musical development -- Dett, Reece, and Dawson : role models for careers in Black music -- Zenobia Powell Perry : an "ambiguous" woman -- Professional teaching career and graduate school -- Becoming a composer : studies with Milhaud and Willman -- Analysis of musical style and selected works UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=257944 ER -