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Davis, Velma, tape 1, side b

ca. November 20, 1991

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Davis, Velma, tape 1, side b
  • Title
  • Davis, Velma, tape 1, side b
  • Date
  • ca. November 20, 1991
  • Identifier
  • CLP-OHMP-013-Davis-01-b
  • Source Identifier
  • OHMP 13
  • Description
  • Velma L. Davis (1914-2015). Known to her family as Dee Dee. She was married to Professor Ralph Davis, a prominent Pittsburgh music teacher, composer, and choral director. Davis talks about performing the Messiah; her husbands role as Choir director in Pittsburgh Churches: John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Warren Methodist Church, and the Bethel A.M.E. Church.
  • Extent
  • 30 minutes
  • Type
  • sound recordings-nonmusical
  • Genre
  • oral histories (literary genre)
  • Subject
  • Musicians
    Music teachers
    Composers
    African American singers
    African American choirs
    Choirs (Music)
    Choral conductors
    Davis, Velma L.
    Davis, Ralph (Choral director)
    Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Maurice Levy Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh Collection (OHMP)
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Maurice Levy Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh Collection
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh