- Classical Music is not all by Dead White Guys
- The Forgotten Superstar
- Breaking News in the World of Opera
- Black History Month—And Opera
- Black History Month and Opera, Again
- Naxos Releases New Recording of Music by Florence Price
- How Many Black Classical Composers Can You Name?
- Edmond Dédé
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Nicholas George Julius Ballanta
- Henry Thacker Burleigh
- Ludovic Lamothe
- Ignatius Sancho
- José Silvestre White Lafitte
- Robert Nathaniel Dett
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 Amazon, alas. Fortunately, YouTube comes to the rescue!