Английская Википедия:Hattie King Reavis

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Hattie King Reavis, also known as H. King Reavis or Hattie Beatrice Reavis (November 18, 1890 – March 12, 1970), was a singer, song writer, and theater performer from the United States. She performed with fellow African Americans in New York City in the 1920s, toured Europe on various trips through 1930, and recorded with Black Swan Records. In addition to singing, she worked as a recruiter for the Southern Syncopated Orchestra and later managed the career of Urylee Leonardos. From the 1930s to the end of 1940, she acted in New York in various shows, such as in the touring ensemble of the 1932 Broadway revival of Show Boat and several performances of On Strivers Row by Abram Hill. In 2019, selections from artists of Black Swan Records, including Reavis, were digitized, edited, and released by Parnassus Records.

Early life

Hattie Beatrice King was born in Woodsworth, North Carolina, on November 18, 1890, to Lucy Davis and Wiley King.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She married Stephen J. Reavis on July 8, 1914, in Manhattan.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Career

In March 1919, Reavis was hired as a soprano vocalist for the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. The orchestra toured through various venues in Ohio and Indiana, before performing on April 20 in Chicago at Orchestra Hall.Шаблон:Sfn Three ships carried the 36 members of the troupe to England. Reavis sailed on the first one, the SS Northland, arriving in Liverpool in June.Шаблон:Sfn The first performance occurred in London in July,Шаблон:Sfn and a reviewer from The Musical Standard praised Reavis' rendition of Swanee River.Шаблон:Sfn Singing in various venues in London, including a performance at Buckingham Palace, a run of performances at the Philharmonic Hall, and at the Royal Albert Hall, Reavis received favorable press reviews.Шаблон:Sfn In December, the orchestra began touring, with appearances in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool.Шаблон:Sfn After that, sections of the orchestra continued touring throughout the country until 1921, with more favorable press reports for Reavis. A critic for The Graphic in London praised her as a "colored prima donna" and noted Listen to the Lambs was "exquisitely rendered.Шаблон:Sfn A reviewer for the Nottingham Guardian added that her singing of Sinner, Please, Don' Let dis Harvest Pass received two standing ovations.Шаблон:Sfn Her repertoire included Dear Old Pal of Mine, Give Me All of You, Good Morning Brother Sunshine, Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose, and The Awakening. Шаблон:Sfn

Full length photograph of a standing woman wearing an ankle length dress in which the top layer is sheer and has art deco motifs as embellishment
Reavis, 1921

From January 1921, Reavis worked as a talent scout, recruiting members for the orchestra, such as Elmer Certain, Farley Berry Graden, Herbert Eugene Parker, and Walter Bernard Williams for the tour.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Williams died soon thereafter in the sinking of the SS Rowan in October 1921Шаблон:Sfn along with at least one other band member. The ship collided with two other vessels near Corsewall Point and sank, leaving 13 crew members and three passengers unaccounted for.Шаблон:Sfn Reavis, who was aboard, survived, but lost her passport, according to her affidavit when applying for a replacement.Шаблон:Sfn Resuming touring, she performed with the orchestra in Vienna between October and November 1921, returning there in the summer of 1922. She sang in September in Prague, and Budapest, before returning to the United States on December 13, 1922.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

As early as 1921, Reavis was recorded in songs for Harry Pace's Black Swan Records. Florence Cole Talbert, Antoinette Garnes, Kemper Herreld, and Reavis were selected by Pace for his "Red Label" series.Шаблон:Sfn In 1922, advertisements in The Crisis confirmed the label had released in April her recording of There Is a Green Hill Far Away / I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always.Шаблон:Sfn She also sang an arrangement by R. Nathaniel Dett for Black Swan of I'm So Glad in 1923.Шаблон:Sfn That year she played the principal role in The Sheik of Harlem (1923), opposite Irvin C. Miller. The show was a musical production held at Harlem's Lafayette Theatre.Шаблон:Sfn Theophilus Lewis, known for his disdain for Harlem productions, gave a good review, praising Reavis for her rendition of It Don't Pay to Love a Northern Man in from the South.Шаблон:Sfn In the production, together with Alonzo Fenderson, she sang Just the Man We Can't Forget in tribute to the deceased president Warren G. Harding. It was well received by audiences.Шаблон:Sfn

Throughout 1924, Reavis worked the recital circuit, singing at churches in New York, North Carolina and Virginia.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She received a favorable review for her role in the 1925 production Chocolate Dandies,Шаблон:Sfn before returning to Europe in December. She performed in the revue Black People produced by Louis Douglas in Berlin and Zürich in 1926. She then performed in the Creole Review, touring Norway, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and then back through France, Belgium and Germany.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She was accompanied by Amanda Ira Aldridge, daughter of Ira Aldridge, in London in 1928 in a version of one of Reavis's own songs.Шаблон:Sfn In April 1930, she returned from Gibraltar to the U.S.Шаблон:Sfn

Reavis performed in 1930 in a Douglas' revue, Brownskin Models of 1931 at the Lafayette Theater.Шаблон:Sfn In 1932, she gave recitals and acted in the touring company of Show Boat.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She appeared in Abram Hill's On Strivers Row in 1940 at the New York Public Library branch in HarlemШаблон:Sfn and in a second production held in Harlem at the American Negro Theater in 1946.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Reavis was elected to serve on the board of the American Guild of Variety Artists for the New York Chapter in 1940 and 1946 became the executive secretary of the American Negro Theater.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She continued to act through the end of the 1940s, also writing songs.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn On retiring from singing in 1949, Reavis managed the career of Urylee Leonardos.Шаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

Reavis died on March 12, 1970, in New York.Шаблон:Sfn In 2019, her recordings and those of Cole-Talbert from Black Swan records were selected for inclusion in a CD, Black Swans, produced by Parnassus Records in Woodstock, New York. The CD included 22 performances, transferred from the 78-rpm records and digitally cleaned up to make modern audiences aware of the rare recordings.Шаблон:Sfn The order of her selections was reversed from the original 1921 recording, where Charles Gounod's song had appeared on side A and Robert Nathaniel Dett's was on side B.Шаблон:Sfn

Discography

  • "There Is a Green Hill" by Gounod / "Make More Room Anon" (1921) arranged by Dett.Шаблон:Sfn
  • "There is a Green Hill Far Away" by Gounod / "I'm So Glad Trouble Doesn't Last Always" (1922)Шаблон:Sfn
  • "I'm So Glad" (1923) arranged by DettШаблон:Sfn

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