Handy Brothers Music Company
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Handy Brothers Music Company is a music publishing firm established by pioneering blues composer W. C. Handy to promote and distribute his influential works and other early blues music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Handy Bros. Music Company | 1 |
| Handy Brothers Music Company canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business enterprise
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music publishing company ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Memphis
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
New York City ⓘ |
| associatedWith | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | development of American popular music ⓘ |
| catalogIncludes | early 20th-century blues songs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn | promotion of blues as a commercial music genre ⓘ |
| foundedBy | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Handy Brothers Music Company
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surface form:
Handy Bros. Music Company
|
| hasFounder | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| hasNotableWorkPublished |
Beale Street Blues
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surface form:
"Beale Street Blues"
Memphis Blues ⓘ
surface form:
"Memphis Blues"
St. Louis Blues (song) ⓘ
surface form:
"St. Louis Blues"
|
| hasProduct |
sheet music
ⓘ
song copyrights ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest firms devoted to blues music publishing ⓘ |
| industry | music publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | publishing early blues compositions ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn | popularization of blues music in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| publishesGenre |
blues
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popular music ⓘ |
| publishesWorksOf | W. C. Handy ⓘ |
| purpose |
distribution of early blues music
ⓘ
promotion of W. C. Handy’s compositions ⓘ |
| specializesIn | copyright administration for blues compositions ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Handy Bros. Music Company