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Housewright, Wiley Lee was born on October 17, 1913 in Wylie, Texas, United States. Son of Jick and Lillie (Townsend) Housewright.
( This elegant volume is the first to chronicle Florida's...)
This elegant volume is the first to chronicle Florida's aboriginal and European music and dance from the South's earliest permanent settlement to the end of the Civil War. Floridians and non-Floridians have often dismissed the state's musical heritage as beginning and ending with Stephen Foster's "Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)." For this volume, music scholar Wiley L. Housewright draws on documents of cultural history largely overlooked by previous researchers to reveal the vast heritage and diversity of 300 years of Florida music and dance. Housewright examines works written and performed by Native Americans, European adventurers, backwoods pioneers, slaves, politicians, sailors, soldiers, stevedores, and professional ensembles. His narrative evokes the cultural and political background of music in Florida and the often colorful characters who sang and danced across the stage of the state's history. This volume encourages a reconsideration of the geographic orientation of American music history, as well as a vivid rediscovery of the richly diverse cultural traditions of early Florida. Wiley L. Housewright is Professor Emeritus of Music at Florida State University.
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Housewright, Wiley Lee was born on October 17, 1913 in Wylie, Texas, United States. Son of Jick and Lillie (Townsend) Housewright.
Bachelor of Science, University North Texas, 1934. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1938. Doctor of Education, New York University, 1943.
Director music public schools, Texas, New York, 1934-1941;
lecturer music, New York University, 1942-1943;
assistant professor, University Texas, 1946-1947;
faculty, Florida State University, Tallahassee, since 1947;
professor music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1948-1979;
professor emeritus, Florida State University, Tallahassee, since 1980;
Distinguished professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1961-1962;
dean School Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1966-1979. Visiting summer professor University of Michigan, 1960, U. Indiana, 1955. Fulbright scholar, Japan, 1956-1957.
Member of the United States national committee for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1958. Music advisory panelinternat. cultural presentations program State Department, 1958-1979.
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Advisory board humanities and arts Ford Foundation, since 1958. Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Music Educators National Conference (president 1968-1970), American Musicological Society, Music Teachers National Association, International Society Music Education, Music Library.
Association, Sonneck Society, American Choral Directors Association, Florida Economic Club, Capital City Country Club, Governors Club, Rotary, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Psi.
Married Lucilla Elizabeth Gumm, December 27, 1939.