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John Check

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  • The Fisk University Jubilee Singers on tour at the court of Queen Victoria in 1873, painted by Edmund Havel.

    ‘Dvorák’s Prophecy’ Review: America’s Silent Tradition

    The Czech composer came to New York with the conviction that African-American melodies would be the ‘seedbed’ for their nation’s 20th-century music.
    by John Check via The Wall Street Journal on January 28, 2022
  • Eubie Blake, Flournoy Miller, Noble Sissle, Aubrey Lyles smiling in round photograph.

    'Footnotes' Review: Spotlight on ‘Shuffle Along’

    When a pair of college friends with a knack for comedy met up with a musical double act, they had the ingredients for a sensation.
    by John Check via The Wall Street Journal on May 21, 2021
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