Maud Cuney Hare
Encyclopedia
Maud Cuney Hare was an American musician
, author
, and African American
activist in New England
in the United States
. She was born in Galveston
, the daughter of famed civil rights leader Norris Wright Cuney
who led the Texas Republican Party.
Among her many literary and musical contributions she is most remembered for her final work Negro Musicians and Their Music, which helped document the development of African American arts.
She was a close friend and confidant (and former fiancé) of noted author and activist W. E. B. Du Bois.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, author
Author
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, and African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
activist in New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
in the United States
United States
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. She was born in Galveston
Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...
, the daughter of famed civil rights leader Norris Wright Cuney
Norris Wright Cuney
Norris Wright Cuney, or simply Wright Cuney, was an American politician, union leader, and African American activist in Texas in the United States. He became active in Galveston politics serving as an alderman and a national Republican delegate...
who led the Texas Republican Party.
Among her many literary and musical contributions she is most remembered for her final work Negro Musicians and Their Music, which helped document the development of African American arts.
She was a close friend and confidant (and former fiancé) of noted author and activist W. E. B. Du Bois.
Works
Among Cuney-Hare's many artistic and literary works are the following.- Norris Wright Cuney: a tribune of the black people (1913), a biographyBiographyA biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of her father. - The Message of the Trees: An Anthology of Leaves and Branches (1918), a collection of nature poems that Cuney-Hare edited.
- Creole Songs (1921)
- Antar of Araby (1929), a play revolving around the life of an enslaved Arab who eventually discovers his self worth.
- Negro Musicians and Their Music (1935), a history of African-American music traditions from AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
to the American jazz ageJazz AgeThe Jazz Age was a movement that took place during the 1920s or the Roaring Twenties from which jazz music and dance emerged. The movement came about with the introduction of mainstream radio and the end of the war. This era ended in the 1930s with the beginning of The Great Depression but has... - Various articles for The Crisis magazine of the NAACP, the Christian Science Monitor, Musical Quarterly, Musical Observer, and Musical America.
See also
- African-American music
- Racism in the United StatesRacism in the United StatesRacism in the United States has been a major issue since the colonial era and the slave era. Legally sanctioned racism imposed a heavy burden on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latin Americans...
- Norris Wright CuneyNorris Wright CuneyNorris Wright Cuney, or simply Wright Cuney, was an American politician, union leader, and African American activist in Texas in the United States. He became active in Galveston politics serving as an alderman and a national Republican delegate...
- W. E. B. Du Bois