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<p>Often overlooked by ragtime historians, John William "Blind" Boone had a remarkably successful and influential music career that endured for almost fifty years. <i>Blind Boone: Missouri's Ragtime Pioneer</i> provides the first full account of the Missouri-born musician's amazing story of overcoming the odds.</p> <p>Boone's background and his approach to music contributed to his ability to bridge gaps--gaps between blacks and whites and gaps between popular and classical music. Boone's thousands of performances from 1879 to 1927 brought blacks and whites into the same concert halls as he played a mixture of popular and classical tunes. A pioneer of ragtime music, Boone was the first performer to give the musical style legitimacy by bringing it to the concert stage.</p> <p>The mulatto child of a former slave and a Union soldier, Boone was born in Miami, Missouri, in 1864 amid the chaos of the Civil War. At six months he was diagnosed with "brain fever." Doctors, believing they were performing a lifesaving procedure, removed Boone's eyes and sewed his eyelids shut.</p> <p>Despite blindness and poverty, Boone was a fun-loving, cheerful child. Growing up in Warrensburg, Missouri, he

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Author

Paulina A Batterson

Publisher

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826211989

Category

music

Subjects

Music, History, Arts

Rating

4.7 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14