Negro authors and composers of the United States
By W.C. Handy.
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  Adams, Wellington Alexander (b. 1879) |   composer |
  Barbour, J. Berni (b. 1881) |   vaudeville pianist, songwriter |
  Bechet, Sidney (Joseph) (b. 1897 d. 1959) |   clarinet, saxophone |
  Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (b. 1883 d. 1983) |   cast, composer |
  Booker, Charles |   alto saxophone, composer |
  Brooks, Harvey |   composer |
  Brooks, Shelton (b. 1886 d. 1975) |   cast, composer |
  Bryan, Frederick M. (a. 1914) |   piano, organ |
  Bryant, Willie [William Steven] (b. 1908 d. 1964) |   bandleader, cast |
  Brymn, Tim [James Timothy] (b. 1881 d. 1946) |   composer, lyricist |
  Burleigh, Henry Thacker (b. 1866 d. 1949) |   composer, singer |
  Calhoun, W. Arthur |   composer |
  Clark, H. Quali |   composer |
  Cook, Mercer |   composer |
  Cook, Will Marion (b. 1869 d. 1944) |   composer, director |
  Cox, Jimmy |   composer, lyricist |
  Creamer, Henry (b. 1879 d. 1930) |   cast, composer |
  Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943) |   composer, teacher |
  Dowell, Edgar |   composer |
  Elkins, William Cuthbert (b. 1872) |   director |
  Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) |   composer, direttore d'orchestra |
  Farrell |   composer |
  Fowler, Lemuel |   composer, lyricist |
  Freeman, Harry Lawrence (b. 1869 d. 1954) |   composer, conductor |
  Govern, Alonzo |   composer, lyricist |
  Grainger, Porter |   cast, composer |
  Green, Eddie (b. 1901 d. 1950) |   cast, composer |
  Hatch |   composer |
  Higginbotham, Irene (b. 1918) |   composer, songwriter |
  Hill, Alex [William Alexander] (b. 1906 d. 1937) |   composer, lyricist |
  Hillman, Charles Warren |   composer |
  Hopkins, Claude (Driskett) (b. 1903 d. 1984) |   piano, arranger |
  Hunter, Eugene |   composer |
  Jefferson, Maceo B. (b. 1898 d. 1974) |   guitar, banjo |
  Johnson, Charlie [Charles Wright] (b. 1891 d. 1959) |   piano, bandleader |
  Johnson, Freddie |   choreographer, composer |
  Johnson, J. Rosamond [John Rosamund] (b. 1873 d. 1954) |   composer, singer |
  Johnson, J.C. "Jimmy" (b. 1896 d. 1981) |   jazz piano, piano |
  Johnson, James P. [James Price] (b. 1891 d. 1955) |   cast, composer |
  Johnson, James Weldon (b. 1871 d. 1938) |   composer, lyricist |
  Jordan, Joe (b. 1882 d. 1971) |   composer, lyricist |
  Kemp, Clinton |   composer |
  Layton |   composer |
  Lemonier, Tom (b. 1870 d. 1945) |   songwriter |
  Lowery, Perry George (b. >1870 d. 1930) |   circus band leader, composer |
  Mack, Cecil (b. 1883 d. 1944) |   cast, choir |
  McCanns, Shirley Graham |   composer |
  Miller, J.M. |   composer |
  Mitchell, Abbie (b. 1884 d. 1960) |   cast, librettist |
  Moore, Allie |   composer |
  Moore, Ruth |   composer |
  Muse, Clarence (b. 1889 d. 1979) |   actor, composer |
  Nash, Will |   composer |
  Overstreet, W. Benton (a. 1916-1923) |   piano, songwriter |
  Pace, Harry H. (b. 1884 d. 1943) |   insurance executive, music publisher |
  Parker, Kaye |   composer |
  Payton, Lew |   cast, composer |
  Phillips, William King |   composer |
  Pinkard, Maceo (b. 1897 d. 1962) |   composer, lyricist |
  Porter, Arthur |   composer |
  Razaf, Andy (b. 1895 d. 1973) |   cast, composer |
  Reddie, J. Milton |   composer, lyricist |
  Rogers |   composer |
  Rogers, Alex [Alexander C.] (b. 1876 d. 1930) |   lyricist, entertainer |
  Ryder, Noah Francis (b. 1914 d. 1964) |   music educator, conductor |
  Sissle, Noble (Lee) (b. 1889 d. 1975) |   cast, composer |
  Smith, Chris |   composer |
  Smith, Chris (b. 1879 d. 1949) |   songwriter |
  Smith, Russell |   composer |
  Springer, Lucile Handy |   composer |
  Stor, Jean |   composer |
  Sweatman, Wilbur (b. 1882 d. 1961) |   clarinet, bandleader |
  Talbert, Wendell P. |   composer, piano |
  Thomas, Millard G. (d. 1955) |   piano, composer |
  Tolliver, James |   composer, tenor sax |
  Troy, Henry |   cast, composer |
  Tyers, William H. (b. 1876 d. 1924) |   composer, ragtime composer |
  Tyus, Charles |   composer, vocals |
  Valentine, Alexander Mark (b. 1895) |   bandmaster, teacher |
  Vodery, Will [William Henry Bennett] (b. 1885 d. 1951) |   arranger, composer |
  Waller, Fats [Thomas Wright] (b. 1904 d. 1943) |   cast, composer |
  Warfield, Charles (b. 1883) |   composer, lyricist |
  White, Elizabeth Handy |   composer |
  White, Harry |   composer |
  Whitman, Bert [Alberta] (b. 1888 d. 1964) |   vaudeville entertainer, songwriter |
  Whitney, Salem Tutt (b. 1869 d. 1934) |   cast, composer |
  Williams, Bert |   composer |
  Williams, Clarence (b. 1898 d. 1965) |   baritone saxophone, cast |
  Williams, Spencer (b. 1889 d. 1965) |   composer, conductor |