Bontemps
Noun
Meaning
United States writer (1902-1973)
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Examples
Arna Bontemps, ed. New York: Macmillan. p. 143. (No ISBN.) The lines are often sung following a pattern closer to rhythmic talk than to a melody.
Maddy learns she can talk to fireflies and summon mermaids from the dark waters of Bayou Bontemps.
This composition, as well as his later " St. Louis Blues " and others, included the habanera rhythm, W. C. Handy, Father of the Blues: An Autobiography, edited by Arna Bontemps : foreword by Abbe Niles.
The Arts Council provides day-to-day management of both the Coughlin-Saunders Center and the Hearn Stage. citation The Riverfront Aamphitheater hosts each April a "azz on the River"music festival, sponsored by the Arna Bontemps African American Museum.