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W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum

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W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
Phone:
+1 901-522-1556

Address:
352 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103-3106

William Christopher Handy was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues. An African American, Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musicians who played the distinctively American blues music, Handy did not create the blues genre and was not the first to publish music in the blues form, but he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to a new level of popularity.Handy was an educated musician who used elements of folk music in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from various performers.
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