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William Christopher Handy

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Han⋅dy

[han-dee]
–noun
W(illiam) C(hristopher), 1873–1958, U.S. blues composer.
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Han·dy   (hān'dē)   
American musician and composer. He was the first person to recognize the importance of blues as a legitimate musical form and the first to publish a blues composition, "The Memphis Blues" (1911).
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