Yin yue hui 音樂會 [Concert]

[Pankey, Aubrey]

Shanghai: Zhongguo renmin dui wai wenhua xiehui 中國人民對外文化协会, 1955. Pamphlet. 16p. staplebound pictorial booklet, small stain on rear cover, otherwise very good, 6.5x10 inches, text in Chinese.

Program booklet for a Shanghai appearance of Pankey, the first American to hold a concert in China after the 1949 revolution; the baritone was accompanied by a Czech pianist whose name is transliterated as Marie Kenuokewa. Hailed in the biographical introduction as a "progressive Negro-American," the Pennsylvania-born Pankey had spent much of the previous decade outside the US performing around the world and was later to settle in East Germany. Booklet includes the lyrics, in Chinese translation, of all of the works performed in the concert (some by Pankey himself), as well as an overview of the traditions of African American music.

Cat.No: 154115

Price: $195.00