Handy

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composer family name human musician songwriter surname trumpeter

Handy is a surname most famously associated with W. C. Handy, the influential American composer and musician often called the "Father of the Blues."

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Label Occurrences
Handy canonical 5

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
family name ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
surname ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1873-11-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-03-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Handy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fullName W. C. Handy ⓘ
surface form: William Christopher Handy
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Christopher ⓘ
William ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin English ⓘ
hasNotableBearer W. C. Handy ⓘ
instrument cornet ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement American popular music ⓘ
early blues ⓘ
nickname Father of the Blues ⓘ
notableFor popularizing blues music through published compositions ⓘ
notableWork Beale Street Blues ⓘ
Memphis Blues ⓘ
St. Louis Blues ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Florence, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Florence, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Elizabeth Price ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W. C. Handy → familyName → Handy ⓘ
Coweta County → hasUnincorporatedCommunity → Handy ⓘ
Handy → familyName → Handy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: W. C. Handy
Elizabeth Brewer Handy → familyName → Handy ⓘ
Americana Music Honors & Awards → hasTrophyName → Handy ⓘ