Victor-Eugene McCarty

Victor-Eugene McCarty (also Macarty, McCarthy or Macarthy, born between 1817 and 1823),[1] a Louisiana Creole, was one of the first of several prominent free black composers in New Orleans, best known for publishing Fleurs de salon: 2 Favorite Polkas in 1854.[2] In the 1840s he was among the first black men to study music abroad, at the Paris Conservatory.[3][4]

McCarty did not publish as widely as many of his fellow Creole composers of the era, but he was well known for performing and organizing other musicians, and playing a role in Reconstruction-era politics.[5]

References
  1. Kein, pg. 83; Kein notes that most researchers claim a specific year for McCarty's birth, but that it can not be determined conclusively.
  2. Wright, Jacqueline R. B. "Concert Music". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 603–613.
  3. Southern, pg. 252
  4. Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History. p. 252.
  5. Kein, pg. 83

Biography
  • Simmonds, Kevin (2003). Taking His Rightful Place: A Biography of Black Creole New Orleanian Victor Eugene McCarty (1820-1881) (Master of Arts in Music. thesis). Middle Tennessee State University.

Other works cited
  • Kein, Sybil (2000). Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color. LSU Press. ISBN 0-8071-2601-2.
  • Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03843-2.



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