W.C. Handy

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Display Name: 
W.C. Handy
Sort Name: 
Handy, W.C.
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Other
Specific Job: 
Composer|Musician
Date of Birth: 
Sunday, November 16, 1873
Origin: 
Memphis
Biography: 

The famous band leader and composer "from Beale Street in Memphis" W.C. Handy provides the music for the Cotillion Ball (76). The novel calls him "Professor Handy" (76); another title for him, the one he gave himself, was 'Father of the Blues."

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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