Work, John W. 1901-1967
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Name (Latin)
Work, John W. 1901-1967
Other forms of name
Work, John W., III (John Wesley), 1901-1967
Work, John Wesley, III, 1901-1967
Work, John Wesley, 1901-1967
Date of birth
1901-06-15
Date of death
1967-05-17
Field of activity
Folk music
Music
Occupation
Choral conductors
College teachers
Composers
Ethnomusicologists
Music teachers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Social Security Death index, Ancestry.com, viewed Feb. 10, 2012:(John Work; born June 15, 1901, died May 1967, last residence was Nashville, TN)
- online biography of John Wesley Work III on "Now what a time" American Memory website, viewed Feb. 10, 2012:(John Wesley Work III; composer, educator, choral director, ethnomusicologist, taught in the Music Dept. at Fisk Univ., directed the Fisk Jubilee Singers from 1947-1956, collected African American folk songs and spirituals)
- His Appalachia, c1945:t.p. (John W. Work)
- New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.(Work, John W(esley) (ii); b. Tullahoma, TN, 6/15/01, d. Nashville, 5/17/67)
- The Negro speaks of rivers, and other art songs by African-American composers, p1999:container (John W. Work, Jr., 1901-1968)