J. Harold Brown Explained
| J. Harold Brown |
| Birth Date: | 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Lakeland, Florida, U.S. |
| Death Date: | (aged 79) |
| Death Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Composer and musician |
J. Harold Brown (1902 – September 17, 1982) was an American composer and musician best known for his production of The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle, about a man who sleeps between 1948 and 1968 to witness large cultural changes in the United States. He trained the Karamu Quartet and traveled with Jimmie Lunceford's band. Brown was dean of music at Florida A&M University and taught in high schools and colleges in Atlanta, Cleveland, and Indianapolis.
Personal life and death
Brown was born in Lakeland, Florida in 1902.[1] [2] He was married and had three daughters. Brown died in Atlanta, Georgia on September 17, 1982, at the age of 79.[3] [1]
Further reading
- News: Composer J. H. Brown Dies At Age 79 . . 1–2 . 1982-09-24 . English . 1528-6142 . . mdy-all .
- Book: Mills . Joyce White . Two Trees Standing: A Collection of Family Stories and a Biographical Dictionary of Two Black Families: The Browns of West Georgia and the Whites of East Georgia, 1806–1990 . 1991 . en . WH Wolfe Associates . Roswell, Georgia . 26177373 . 145–147 .
- News: Williams . Margaret . J.Harold Brown Dies, Was Music Composer, Director, Teacher . . 15A . 1982-09-25 . English . . mdy-all .
Notes and References
- News: J. Harold Brown . 12 January 2023 . The Kansas City Times . 30 September 1982.
- Book: The Transformation of Black Music: The Rhythms, the Songs, and the Ships that Make the African Diaspora . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 239 . 978-0-19-530724-5 . 12 January 2023.
- News: Obituaries . Variety . 308 . 11 . 192 . 1982-10-13 . English . 0042-2738 . . mdy-all .
