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- Tom Wiggins, 1880 Thomas " Blind Tom " Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an American pianist and composer. He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States.
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Thomas " Blind Tom " Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an American pianist and composer. [1] He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States.
Aug 4, 2023 · Pianist Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins, who became the first African-American to perform at the White House, had his talents taken advantage of from an early age.
- Sophia Alexandra Hall
Oct 18, 2019 · Thomas Wiggins, an African-American musician marketed as ‘Blind Tom’, had a lucrative career—but saw none of the profits himself
Feb 13, 2008 · By 1865, 16-year-old Tom Wiggins, now “indentured” to James Bethune, could play difficult works of Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, and Thalberg. He also played pieces after one hearing, and memorized poems and text in foreign languages.
Feb 21, 2022 · Born into slavery in Georgia, Tom Wiggins died an international celebrity in New York in 1908. His life was one of the most bizarre and moving episodes in American history.
Mar 3, 2021 · March 3, 2021. Charity Wiggins, a slave on a Georgia plantation, was 48 in May 1849, when she gave birth to a baby boy. The child, whom she named Thomas, was born blind, and Charity feared that...
Apr 9, 2010 · One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth and born into slavery , Wiggins became well known for his piano virtuosity.
