J. Harold Brown (1902 – September 17, 1982) was an American composer and musician best known for his production of The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle, about a man who sleeps between 1948 and 1968 to witness large cultural changes in the United States. He trained the Karamu Quartet and traveled with Jimmie Lunceford's band. Brown was dean of music at Florida A&M University and taught in high schools and colleges in Atlanta, Cleveland, and Indianapolis.[1]
J. Harold Brown | |
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| Born | 1902 Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1982 (aged 79) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Composer and musician |
Personal life and death
editBrown was born in Lakeland, Florida in 1902.[2][3] He was married and had three daughters. Brown died in Atlanta, Georgia on September 17, 1982, at the age of 79.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Obituaries". Variety. Vol. 308, no. 11. October 13, 1982. p. 192. ISSN 0042-2738. ProQuest 1286075523.
- ^ a b "J. Harold Brown". The Kansas City Times. September 30, 1982. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ The Transformation of Black Music: The Rhythms, the Songs, and the Ships that Make the African Diaspora. Oxford University Press. 2017. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-19-530724-5. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
Further reading
edit- "Composer J. H. Brown Dies At Age 79". Atlanta Daily World. September 24, 1982. pp. 1–2. ISSN 1528-6142. ProQuest 491587852.
- Mills, Joyce White (1991). Two Trees Standing: A Collection of Family Stories and a Biographical Dictionary of Two Black Families: The Browns of West Georgia and the Whites of East Georgia, 1806–1990. Roswell, Georgia: WH Wolfe Associates. pp. 145–147. OCLC 26177373.
- Williams, Margaret (September 25, 1982). "J.Harold Brown Dies, Was Music Composer, Director, Teacher". Call and Post. p. 15A. ProQuest 184524166.
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