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Vincente Lusitano

Posted onWednesday, 8 February 2023AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Thanks to some recently-published research, Vincente Lusitano is beginning to be retrieved from obscurity. Not only a composer skilled in the style of his day, he was also a music theorist and wrote a treatise on the art of singing. Read More …

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Robert Nathaniel Dett

Posted onSaturday, 9 February 2019Saturday, 9 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Dett is another of the composers fortunate enough to receive more recognition, so he has a lot of entries: Wikipedia AfriClassical A website devoted to Dett Entries in the Library of Congress AfroVoices BlackPast and, of course, his scores available Read More …

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José Silvestre White Lafitte

Posted onFriday, 8 February 2019Friday, 8 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

  Lafitte is another of those well-studied composers, as least as far as his biography is concerned. Here’s a roundup of resources: Wikipedia AfriClassical BlackPast Diesis&Bemolle (in Italian) Radio Habana Cuba (in Spanish) Foreign Musicians in Paris IMSLP Nothing on Read More …

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Ignatius Sancho

Posted onThursday, 7 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Sancho has a Wikipedia Entry, an article published in Black History Month 2018, an article at the British Library, and numerous other articles written because he was the first person of color to vote in a British election, and because Read More …

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Ludovic Lamothe

Posted onWednesday, 6 February 2019Wednesday, 6 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Lamothe is more widely studied than many Black composers, and so there are entries at: Wikipedia Africlassical in French at adrienberthaud.com a magazine article at Kreole, a brief biography and an analysis (in French) of his “Danza No. 3,” an article Read More …

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Henry Thacker Burleigh

Posted onTuesday, 5 February 2019Tuesday, 5 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Burleigh has, of course, a Wikipedia page, a comprehensive page at Africlassical, and there is a collection of Burleigh’s works on IMSLP. Fortunately, he has a website devoted to him: The Burleigh Society. Related posts: Available on Amazon Everyone needs Read More …

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Nicholas George Julius Ballanta

Posted onMonday, 4 February 2019Tuesday, 5 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

Ballanta has a Wikipedia article. There’s a World Heritage Encyclopedia article with a reasonable reference section, a Facebook fan page which is mostly empty, and an interesting legal question about his legacy. His musical scores can be found in a Read More …

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Posted onMonday, 4 February 2019Tuesday, 5 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

An English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has a Wikipedia entry. . We have a few (not nearly enough) recordings on Amazon: He was a prolific composer, again surmounting incredible odds, and was often referred to as “The African Mahler.” There is Read More …

CategoriesClassical Music, Composers, Cultural Capital, Pictures of Composers

How Many Black Classical Composers Can You Name?

Posted onFriday, 1 February 2019Tuesday, 5 February 2019AuthorCynthia K. Wunsch, M.M.Leave a comment

In Music of the Heart. a film about violin teacher Roberta Guaspari, Naeem’s mother, Mrs. Adisa, pulls Naeem out of Guaspari’s violin class, and the following dialogue ensues: MRS. ADISA My son’s got more important things to do than learn Read More …

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Naxos Releases New Recording of Music by Florence Price

Posted onFriday, 18 January 2019Tuesday, 5 February 2019AuthorAlonso DelarteLeave a comment

If we listened to music other than the greatest hits of the anointed few, might we be impressed by some ignored masterpiece? For example, consider Florence Price, the first black woman to have had her music performed by a major Read More …

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