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 |