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Updates and expands the 1979 edition of this volume addressing the neglected world of Black women instrumentalists performing in ensembles. Handy, herself a respected former flutist, provides a historical overview, followed by biographical profiles of Black women ensemble performers in orchestras (and orchestra leaders); string players; wind and percussion players; keyboard players; and non-playing orchestra/band affiliates

Print Book, English, 1981

Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., 1981