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Object Description
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GuionDW
Interviewee
Guion, David Wendell de Fentresse
Interviewer
Charlton, Thomas Lee
Smith, Bessie H.
Title
Oral
memoirs
of
David
Wendell
de
Fentresse
Guion
Interview details
interviewed by Thomas L. Charlton and Bessie H. Smith on 10 December 1971 in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews
1
Interview Date(s)
1971
Description, transcript
66
pages
Description, sound recordings
analog
tape
;
1.92
hr
.
Project
Baylor University Project
Summary
David
Guion
was a
composer
of
Western
and
black
music
,
most
noted
for
Home
on the
Range
;
family
history
;
father's
ranching
;
music
on
ranch
;
family
reading
;
piano
lessons
from
mother
;
early
performances
;
education
,
Whipple
Academy
,
Jacksonville
,
Illinois
, and
Fort
Worth
Polytechnic
College
;
studies
under
Leopold
Godowsky
,
Vienna
Royal
Conservatory
,
1913-15
;
disruption
of
study
by
World
War
l
;
playing
Western
music
in
Vienna
;
publication
of The
Old
Maid
Blues
,
1918
;
publication
of
cowboy
songs
,
Negro
spirituals
, and
fiddle
transcriptions
;
contract
under
Schirmer
Music
;
arrangement
and
publication
of
Turkey
in the
Straw
;
Toscanini's
performance
of
Turkey
in the
Straw
;
Western-music
performers
;
first
radio
broadcast
on
WOR-New
York
;
life
in
Greenwich
Village
,
1920s
;
Prairie
Echoes
,
first
cowboy
production
on
Broadway
;
use
of
compositions
in
musicals
and on
radio
;
performance
tours
;
decision
not to
enter
motion
picture
industry
;
membership
,
American
Society
of
Composers
,
Authors
, and
Publishers
(ASCAP)
;
advantages
of
ASCAP
;
cultural
loss
of
black
dialect
and
music
;
writing
of
Home
on the
Range
and
production
in
Prairie
Echoes
;
lawsuits
over
Home
on the
Range
;
Franklin
Roosevelt's
admiration
of his
music
.
Subject--Library of Congress
Composers--Texas
Pianists--Texas
Songs--Texas--History and criticism
Deposit Date
1973
Description
ID
GuionDW
-
full
text
Interviewee
Guion, David Wendell de Fentresse
Interviewer
Charlton, Thomas Lee
Smith, Bessie H.
Title
Full
text
Interview details
interviewed by Thomas L. Charlton and Bessie H. Smith on 10 December 1971 in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews
1
Interview Date(s)
1971
Description, transcript
66
pages
Description, sound recordings
analog
tape
;
1.92
hr
.
Project
Baylor University Project
Summary
David
Guion
was a
composer
of
Western
and
black
music
,
most
noted
for
Home
on the
Range
;
family
history
;
father's
ranching
;
music
on
ranch
;
family
reading
;
piano
lessons
from
mother
;
early
performances
;
education
,
Whipple
Academy
,
Jacksonville
,
Illinois
, and
Fort
Worth
Polytechnic
College
;
studies
under
Leopold
Godowsky
,
Vienna
Royal
Conservatory
,
1913-15
;
disruption
of
study
by
World
War
l
;
playing
Western
music
in
Vienna
;
publication
of The
Old
Maid
Blues
,
1918
;
publication
of
cowboy
songs
,
Negro
spirituals
, and
fiddle
transcriptions
;
contract
under
Schirmer
Music
;
arrangement
and
publication
of
Turkey
in the
Straw
;
Toscanini's
performance
of
Turkey
in the
Straw
;
Western-music
performers
;
first
radio
broadcast
on
WOR-New
York
;
life
in
Greenwich
Village
,
1920s
;
Prairie
Echoes
,
first
cowboy
production
on
Broadway
;
use
of
compositions
in
musicals
and on
radio
;
performance
tours
;
decision
not to
enter
motion
picture
industry
;
membership
,
American
Society
of
Composers
,
Authors
, and
Publishers
(ASCAP)
;
advantages
of
ASCAP
;
cultural
loss
of
black
dialect
and
music
;
writing
of
Home
on the
Range
and
production
in
Prairie
Echoes
;
lawsuits
over
Home
on the
Range
;
Franklin
Roosevelt's
admiration
of his
music
.
Subject--Library of Congress
Composers--Texas
Pianists--Texas
Songs--Texas--History and criticism
Deposit Date
1973
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