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Eileen Jackson grew up around many musicians in her family; her father was a violinist; an uncle, a trumpetist; and her mother, a choir singer. According to music scholar Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., "In childhood, as she developed as a
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Throughout her career, Southern worked with various professional societies. From 1974 to 1976, she served on the board of directors and then editorial board from 1976 to 1978 for the
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in Chicago. During the same period, she won piano-performance and essay competitions, taught piano lessons, and directed musical activities at the
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Throughout her career, Southern taught at various institutions across the United States. From 1941 to 1942, she was an instructor at
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Southern's professional achievements were much lauded in the academic and artistic communities. Southern received a
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Floyd, Jr., Samuel A. (1992). "Eileen Jackson Southern: Quiet Revolutionary". In Josephine Wright (ed.).
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in 2001 for having "helped transform the study and understanding of American music." She also received a
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Guide to the Eileen Southern Collection, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
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On August 22, 1942 Eileen Jackson married Joseph Southern, a co-founder of the journal the
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Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s–1920s),
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
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was commissioned by the Harvard Foundation at Harvard University.
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musical styles, musicians, and composers; she also published on
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Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
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Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
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New Perspectives on Music: Essays in Honor of Eileen Southern
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Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and American Studies
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and as a member of the Board of Directors from 1986 to 1988.
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In 1987, she retired as a professor emeritus to live in
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Through her academic work, she raised the profile of
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Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
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She also studied piano privately at 1100:20th-century American women musicians 920:National Endowment for the Humanities 768:"Eileen Jackson Southern 1920–2002," 560:2002 Spanish ed. of the 1997 3rd ed. 1065:National Humanities Medal recipients 1026:Official Harvard Art Museum Portrait 619:. Edited by Eileen Southern (Basel: 272:New York City Public School district 1095:20th-century American musicologists 344:International Musicological Society 157:. She majored in commercial art at 13: 968: 948:"Portrait of Eileen Southern," by 805:"Eileen Southern," by David Horn, 356:Sonneck Society for American Music 289:In 1974, she became a lecturer at 142:, among other such compositions." 14: 1131: 1004: 385:in 2000. Her portrait, by artist 308:in 1973, with her husband, Prof. 975:Darlene Clark Hine, ed. (1993). 595:, 1971; revised edition, 1983). 589:Readings in Black American Music 514:1992 French ed. of the 1976 ed. 459: 392: 196:, 1941). 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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Port Charlotte, Florida
musicologist
black American
early music
pianist
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Claude Debussy
R. Nathaniel Dett
public schools
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Chicago, Illinois
Lindblom High School
Lincoln Community Center
Chicago Orchestra Hall
Mozart
symphony orchestra
Chicago Musical College
University of Chicago
B.A.
M. A.
Cecil Smith
Negro
folk music
PhD
musicology
New York University
Gustave Reese

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