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词条 Meta Davis Cumberbatch
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  1. Biography

  2. Legacy

  3. Further reading

  4. References

  5. External links

Meta Davis Cumberbatch MBE (4 May 1900 – 29 December 1978)[1] was a Trinidad-born pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist, who spent the majority of her life in The Bahamas, where she became known as the "Mother of the Arts".[2] At the 2014 Independence anniversary celebrations in Nassau she was honoured as a Bahamian "Cultural Warrior".[3]

Biography

Meta Davis was born in San Fernando, Trinidad, on 4 May 1900, to James Augustus Davis and Ruth O'Neill Davis, who were both from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.[4] After attending Trinity Girls School and Bishop Anstey High School in Port of Spain,[5] Meta and her younger sisters Beryl and Kathleen were sent by their parents to England in 1919 with the intention that they study medicine at Bristol University.[6][7] However, from medical studies Meta transferred to the Royal Academy of Music, where she trained as a concert pianist, and would eventually win acclaim playing on the stages of Wigmore Hall, London, and Carnegie Hall in New York,[8] as well as throughout Europe and the Caribbean.[9]

In 1923, she married fellow Trinidadian Dr Roland Cumberbatch,[10] and after he accepted a post through the Colonial Medical Service in 1926 the couple settled in The Bahamas,[11] helping to build the country and becoming part of the black professional opposition to racism.[12] According to her grandson Dr Peter Maynard, author of the 2010 biography Great Awakening: Meta Davis Cumberbatch, "Mother of the Arts": "There were so many artistic and cultural forms that were not being widely expressed. ...She saw her purpose as developing the arts in the Bahamas."[7]

She taught piano[13] drama and dance, and encouraged and promoted indigenous crafts using local materials.[2] In the early 1960s, she originated and ran an annual national Festival of Arts and Crafts, as well as initiating the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts,[7][14][15][16][2] In addition to composing music, she wrote poetry, plays and essays – collected in Complete Works of Meta Davis Cumberbatch: Poems, Plays, Music and Essays, edited by Peter Maynard – and also helped to form the Council of Women and supported the women's suffrage movement.[17]

In the 1966 New Year Honours she was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for public services in the Bahamas",[18] and the award was presented by Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Caribbean in February that year.[19]

She died at home in the Bahamas on 29 December 1978.[20]

Legacy

In 2014, at the 41st Independence anniversary celebrations under the theme "Celebrating our Culture: A Commitment to Peace", Meta Davis Cumberbatch was one of 41 "Cultural Warriors" honoured by the Bahamian government for dedicating their lives to cultural development.[21][22][23]

Further reading

  • [https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/complete-works-of-meta-davis-cumberbatch Complete Works of Meta Davis Cumberbatch: Poems, Plays, Music and Essays], edited by Peter D. Maynard, with a foreword by Nicolette Bethel, Rakuten Kobo, 2010, {{ISBN|9789769526204}}.
  • Peter D. Maynard, [https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/great-awakening-meta-davis-cumberbatch-mother-of-the-arts Great Awakening: Meta Davis Cumberbatch, "Mother of the Arts"] (Foreword by Nicki Kelly), Rakuten Kobo, 2010, {{ISBN|9789769526211}}.

References

1. ^Peter D. Maynard, Great Awakening: Meta Davis Cumberbatch, "Mother of the Arts", 2010, pp. 146, 153.
2. ^1 2 [https://www.ourculturewarriors.com/meta "Meta Davis Cumberbatch – Pioneer of The Arts"], Our Culture Warriors.
3. ^"Great Cultural Icons to be Celebrated at the 41st Independence!", Bahamas Press, 2 July 2014.
4. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), pp. 150, 153, 159.
5. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 155.
6. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 160.
7. ^1 2 Jeffarah Gibson, "Meta-Davis Cumberbatch's Legacy Lives On", Tribune 242, 18 June 2013.
8. ^[https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/complete-works-of-meta-davis-cumberbatch Synopsis], Complete Works of Meta Davis Cumberbatch, by Peter Maynard.
9. ^"A History of The Performing Arts in The Bahamas", Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, The Government of the Bahamas.
10. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 163.
11. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 167.
12. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), pp. 42–43, 181.
13. ^Craton and Saunders (2000), p. 479.
14. ^[https://nag-bahamas.squarespace.com/mixedmediablog/?offset=1445095140000 "A mutually beneficial performance"], National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, 5 September 2015.
15. ^Alan West Durán, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EH8ESDc9FAUC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=%22Meta+davis%22++bahamas&source=bl&ots=6inC9yQs--&sig=xwLLSeumrMtc5WiJwvCa6TT6vZU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip_M-mzcDdAhVLaFAKHfmoCYoQ6AEwBHoECC4QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Meta%20davis%22%20&f=false African Caribbeans: A Reference Guide], Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, p. 23.
16. ^Michael Craton and Gail Saunders, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UIbRHcz2ZysC&pg=PA551&lpg=PA551&dq=%22Meta+davis%22++bahamas&source=bl&ots=MTdiQ5ctUG&sig=Xzn8Y_pBqhQN3JrojdWvfSmQxl0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip_M-mzcDdAhVLaFAKHfmoCYoQ6AEwBXoECC0QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Meta%20davis%22&f=false Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People – Volume Two: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century], University of Georgia Press, 2000, p. 476.
17. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 205.
18. ^[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43854/supplement/25/data.pdf '"M.B.E."], Supplement to The London Gazette, 1 January 1966, p. 25.
19. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e7kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22Meta+davis%22++%22royal+academy+of+music%22&source=bl&ots=fBOHbSGS6A&sig=v96xft4xsvH21Su9UUeq-Y8upGc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKpLWD5sDdAhWRmLQKHS10A3wQ6AEwCnoECBAQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Meta%20davis%22%20%20%22royal%20academy%20of%20music%22&f=false "Queen Elizabeth to make award to Bahamian Artist"], Jet, 10 February 1966, p. 4.
20. ^Maynard, Great Awakening (2010), p. 146.
21. ^Pam Burnside, "Jackson Burnside to Also Be Honoured For His Contribution To Junkanoo In The Visual Arts", Creative Nassau, 5 July 2014.
22. ^Jones Bahamas, "41 Cultural Warriors Honoured", The Bahama Journal, 9 July 2014.
23. ^"41 Bahamian Cultural Legends Honoured", Bahamas National.

External links

  • "Meta Davis" at Cumberbatch Family History.
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