Philippa schuyler biography books

Schuyler published four non-fiction books: Adventures in Black and White (a biography, ); Who Killed the Congo?

Philippa Duke Schuyler was an American concert pianist, composer, author, and journalist.

Able to read and write at the age of two and a half, a pianist at four, and a composer by five, Philippa was often compared to Mozart.

As a child prodigy, pianist and composer, Philippa Duke Schuyler incited both awe and envy.

The first authorized biography of Philippa Schuyler, Composition in Black and White draws on previously unpublished letters and diaries to reveal an.

Able to read and write at the age of two and a half, a pianist at four, and a composer by five, Philippa was often compared to Mozart.!

Philippa Schuyler

American pianist, composer, author, and journalist (1931–1967)

Philippa Schuyler
Schuyler (1959)
Birth name	Philippa Duke Schuyler
Born	(1931-08-02)August 2, 1931 Harlem, New York, U.S.
Origin	United States
Died	May 9, 1967(1967-05-09) (aged 35) Da Nang, South Vietnam
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Pianist, composer, non-fiction writer
Instrument	Piano

Musical artist

Philippa Duke Schuyler (; August 2, 1931 – May 9, 1967) was an American concert pianist, composer, author, and journalist.

A child prodigy, she was the daughter of black journalist George Schuyler and Josephine Schuyler, a white Texan heiress. Schuyler became famous in the 1930s for her talent, intellect, mixed race parentage, and the eccentric parenting methods employed by her mother.

Hailed as "the Shirley Temple of American Negroes,"^[1] Schuyler performed public piano recitals and radio broadcasts by the age of four. She performed t