“The Nonmusical Message Will Endure With It:” The Changing Reputation and Legacy of John Powell (1882-1963)

“The Nonmusical Message Will Endure With It:” The Changing Reputation and Legacy of John Powell (1882-1963)

This thesis explores the changing reputation and legacy of John Powell (1882-1963). Powell was a Virginian-born pianist, composer, and ardent Anglo-Saxon supremacist who created musical propaganda to support racial purity and to define the United States as an exclusively Anglo-Saxon nation. Althou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adam, Karen
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2012
Subjects:
John Powell (1882-1963)
Powell
John
musical propaganda
Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America
Anglo-Saxon supremacy
white supremacy
Racial Integrity Act of 1924
one drop rule
racial integrity
racial purity
John Powell Foundation
White Top Folk Festival
Annabel Morris Buchanan
Buchanan
Annabel Morris
Radford University
Radford College
Powell Hall
Roy Hamlin Johnson
Johnson
Roy Hamlin
classical music
classical piano
classical pianist
pianist
Virginian
Virginia
Earnest Sevier Cox
Cox
Earnest Sevier
Walter Ashby Plecker
Plecker
Walter Ashby
Sonate Noble
Sonata Teutonica
Symphony in A
Rhapsodie Negre
Richard Brockwell
Brockwell
Richard
At the Fair
Sonata Virginianesque
Marcus Garvey
Garvey
Marcus
John Powell Day
Anglo-Saxon folk music
Anglo-Saxon
racism
racist
Martin Luther King
Jr.
King
Martin Luther Jr.
musical politics
sociopolitical
memory
public memory
public history
reputation
legacy
Richmond
John Powell
Arts and Humanities
History
Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2692
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