Nobody Plays Like Boone: The Life and Times of John William Blind Boone

Blind almost from birth, musician and composer John William Boone became one of the most influential performers of his era. With the aid of his manager, John Lange, Boone brought a mixture of classical music, Negro spirituals, and folk songs to the concert stage, breaking color barriers in the time of Jim Crowe. Nobody Plays Like Boone tells the remarkable story of this turn-of-the-century entertainer through his music and the words of his friends from across Missouri and around the world.
Nobody Plays Like Boone was written by Columbia playwright Mary Barile. This State Historical Society of Missouri MoHiP Theatere production is sponsored, in part, by the Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs, the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the University of Missouri Chancellors Diversity Initiative.

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I'm trying to find vocal literature by John William Boone. Did he write vocal literature?

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