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- Title
Western University at Quindaro and Its Legacy of Music.
- Authors
Wenske, Paul
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of the Western University, and its legacy of music, in the community of Quindaro in Kansas City, Kansas. Topics discussed include the popularity of the Jackson Jubilee Singers from Western University of Quindaro, the recognition of the university's musical prowess by young people who had an ambition to be musicians according to historian Orrin McKinley Murray Sr., and its music legacy with the contributions of alumni including choral director Eva Jessye.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; KANSAS state history; CITIES &; towns; UNITED States music; JESSYE, Eva, 1895-1992; MUSIC history; URBAN history; HISTORY of universities &; colleges
- Publication
Kansas History, 2019, Vol 42, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
0149-9114
- Publication type
Article