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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD deposited Source Materials and Commentary for the Song Collection, “They Sang Too: The Unheard Voices of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” in the group
Society for Music Theory—Autographs & Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks agoResponding to the near-exclusive representation of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant women as identifiable figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, I sought to discover why Suffrage-song lyricists from other backgrounds were not well known. This document presents research on a study to (re-)discover non-white and/or non-Protestant song lyricists…[Read more]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD deposited Source Materials and Commentary for the Song Collection, “They Sang Too: The Unheard Voices of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” in the group
Society for Music Theory—Autographs & Archival Documents Interest Group on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks agoResponding to the near-exclusive representation of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant women as identifiable figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, I sought to discover why Suffrage-song lyricists from other backgrounds were not well known. This document presents research on a study to (re-)discover non-white and/or non-Protestant song lyricists…[Read more]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD deposited Source Materials and Commentary for the Song Collection, “They Sang Too: The Unheard Voices of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Responding to the near-exclusive representation of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant women as identifiable figures in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, I sought to discover why Suffrage-song lyricists from other backgrounds were not well known. This document presents research on a study to (re-)discover non-white and/or non-Protestant song lyricists…[Read more]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Why I Blog: Historical Erasure Still Happens, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The views expressed below are the opinions and inferences of the author alone.
I know that this is a difficult, controversial topic. I bring it up because I have some personal experience in being erased, and I […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, The Surviving Detts Leave Rochester, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
When R. Nathaniel Dett passed away in 1943, the surviving family did not remain in Rochester too long. Real estate records in Monroe County (not shown to maintain privacy) show the house changing hands in 1948. […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Harvard (Segregated) Housing, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months ago
Since I’m on the subject…
You might imagine Dett during his year at Harvard, rolling of out bed from his lush accommodations in the Harvard Yard to dash to his courses or the library…except that Dett did n […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Sources Collide: Dett at Harvard Part III, Why This Actually Tells Us Something Useful, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
If I have failed to illustrate the confusion afforded by the source situation for a single year of Dett’s life, well, please be my guest and write Dett’s biography because I do not believe I can fix this by mys […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Sources Collide: Dett at Harvard Part II, Shipley’s Reckoning, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Lori Rae Shipley’s dissertation, A History of the Music Department at Hampton Institute/University, 1868-1972, has a wider focus than Simpson’s biography of Dett. Because of her broader scope, Shipley exa […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Sources Collide: Dett at Harvard Part I, Simpson's List of Courses, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
In a previous post, I (outrageously) argued that Dett’s time at Harvard University was not spent in the way that current research presents it, namely, that he took coursework with Archibald Davison. In that p […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, LegendChecker: Dett did not enroll at the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 2.06.23
Legend: Dett was enrolled at the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau, France.
Status: Untrue. There are no records establishing his enrollment there.
In early January […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Dett the Rochesterian: Cursory Introduction, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 1.10.23.
It is possible that Dett visited Rochester during his youth in nearby Niagara Falls, NY. Nevertheless, when he chose to call Rochester home after he graduated from Eastman it was […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, When Dett Composed The Ordering of Moses, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 1.07.23.
Now that people are performing Dett’s oratorio a lot more often, you will undoubtedly come across different composition dates, namely 1932 and 1937. The full performance version […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, LegendChecker: Dett Did Not Study with Arthur Foote AT Harvard, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 1.05.23.
Legend: Dett studied with Arthur Foote at Harvard.
Status: Misleading. Dett was granted a sabbatical that paid his Harvard tuition and lodging in Somerville, but he studied […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, The New York Premiere of <em>The Ordering of Moses</em>, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 1.04.23.
Less than one year after its world premiere at the Cincinnati May Festival, Dett’s oratorio made its way to New York City’s Juilliard School in April of 1938. Baltimore’s […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, LegendChecker: The 1937 Broadcast Was Not Maliciously Interrupted, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Orignally published 1.04.23.
Legend: The NBC radio broadcast of The Ordering of Moses on 7 May 1937 was cut off because of racist complaints at stations in the South.
Status: Untrue. However, this does NOT […]
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Jeannie Ma. Guerrero, PhD wrote a new post, Let's Get Our Facts Straight, on the site Getting Deeper Into Dett on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Originally published 12.28.22
If you read about R. Nathaniel Dett, you are bound to encounter conflicting information. This is not anyone’s fault, really, but it still results in a lot of unnecessary […]
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