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Abdul, Raoul
Blacks in classical music : a personal history
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1977


The above item has biographical information on:

  Addison, Adele (b. 1925)   soprano, vocals
  Anderson, Marian (b. 1897 d. 1993)   accordion, chanteur
  Arroyo, Martina (b. 1937)   interprete, Sanger
  Boatwright, McHenry (b. 1928)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Bonds, Margaret (Allison) (b. 1913 d. 1972)   composer, piano
  Brice, Carol (Lovette Hawkins) (b. 1918 d. 1985)   cast, contralto
  Bridgetower, George (Augustus) Polgreen (b. 1779 d. 1860)   violin
  Bumbry, Grace (Melzia Ann) (b. 1937)   mezzo-soprano, soprano
  Burleigh, Henry Thacker (b. 1866 d. 1949)   composer, singer
  Cole, Frances Elaine (b. 1937)   harpsichord
  Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912)   composer
  Cunningham, Arthur H. (b. 1928)   composer
  Da Costa, Noel George (b. 1929)   composer, violin
  Dale, Clamma (b. 1948)   soprano, vocals
  Davy, Gloria (b. 1931)   interprete, Sanger
  Dawson, William Levi (b. 1899 d. 1990)   composer, conductor
  De Paur, Leonard Etienne (b. 1915)   composer, choral director
  De Preist, James (Anderson) (b. 1936)   conductor
  Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943)   composer, teacher
  Dubois, Shirley Graham (b. 1906 d. 1977)   author, composer
  Estes, Simon Lamont (b. 1938)   bass-baritone, bass
  Evanti, Lillian (b. 1890 d. 1967)   soprano
  Fountain, Primous (b. 1949)   composer
  Freeman, Harry Lawrence (b. 1869 d. 1954)   composer, conductor
  George, Zelma Watson (b. 1903)   sociologist, soprano
  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (b. 1829 d. 1869)   composer, musicisti
  Hakim, Talib Rasul (b. 1940 d. 1988)   composer
  Harrison, Hazel (Lucile) (b. 1883 d. 1969)   piano
  Hayes, Roland (b. 1887 d. 1976)   tenor, vocals
  Hendricks, Barbara (b. 1948)   interprete, Sanger
  Hinderas, Natalie Loeta (b. 1927 d. 1987)   piano, Soloist: Klavier
  Hinds, Esther (b. 1943)   soprano
  Jarboro, Caterina (b. 1903 d. 1986)   singer
  Jessye, Eva Alberta (b. 1895 d. 1992)   ass. al cori, choir conductor
  Johnson, Hall (b. 1888 d. 1970)   choir, choral director
  Kay, Ulysses (Simpson) (b. 1917 d. 1995)   composer
  Lee, Everett (b. 1920)   orchestra and opera conductor
  Lewis, Henry (b. 1932)   cast, composer
  Maynor, Dorothy Leigh (b. 1910)   soprano, vocals
  Moore, Kermit Diton (b. 1929)   cello, arranger
  Norman, Jessye (b. 1945)   Sanger, soprano
  Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (b. 1932)   composer, dance arranger
  Perry, Julia (Amanda) (b. 1924 d. 1979)   composer, conductor
  Price, Florence Beatrice (b. 1888 d. 1953)   composer, arranger
  Robeson, Paul (b. 1898 d. 1976)   bass-baritone, cast
  Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne (b. 1739 d. 1799)   composer, violin
  Schuyler, Philippa Duke (b. 1932 d. 1967)   piano, composer
  Smith, Hale (b. 1925)   composer, arranger
  Sowande, Fela [Olufela] (b. 1905 d. 1987)   composer, organ
  Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978)   arranger, composer
  Swanson, Howard (b. 1907 d. 1978)   composer
  Verrett, Shirley (b. 1931)   mezzo-soprano, soprano
  Walker, George Theophilius (b. 1922)   banjo, composer
  Warfield, William (Caesar) (b. 1920)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Watts, Andre (b. 1946)   Klavier, piano
  White Lafitte, Jose (Silvestre de los Dolores) (b. 1836 d. 1918)   violin, composer
  Wilson, Olly (Woodrow) (b. 1937)   composer, trombone
  Work, John Wesley (b. 1901 d. 1967)   composer, scholar

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