Negro musicians and their music
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| Adams, Alton Augustus (b. 1889 d. 1987) | bandmaster, composer |
| Anderson, Marian (b. 1897 d. 1993) | accordion, chanteur |
| Andino, Julian (b. 1854 d. 1926) | composer, concertmaster |
| Auguste, Dennis (b. 1850) |
| Ballanta-Taylor, Nicholas George Julius (b. 1893) | ethnomusicologist |
| Banks, Ralph (a. 1929) |
| Bares, Basile (b. 1845 d. 1902) | composer |
| Batson Bergen, Flora (b. 1864 d. 1906 a. 1883) | soprano |
| Bethune Greene, Thomas (b. 1849 d. 1908) | piano, composer |
| Bilal of Arabia | singer |
| Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (b. 1883 d. 1983) | cast, composer |
| Bledsoe, Jules (b. 1898 d. 1943) | cast, singer |
| Boatner, Edward Hammond (b. 1898 d. 1981) | composer |
| Bowers, Thomas J. (b. 1823 d. 1885) | tenor |
| Brady, William (d. 1854 a. 19th century |
composer |
| Bridgetower, George (Augustus) Polgreen (b. 1779 d. 1860) | violin |
| Brindis de Salas, Claudio Jose Domingo (b. 1852 d. 1911) | violin |
| Brown, Anne (b. 1915) | cast, interprete |
| Brown, Lawrence Benjamin (b. 1893 d. 1972) | composer, piano |
| Brown Mitchell, Nellie (b. 1845 d. 1924) | singer |
| Burleigh, Henry Thacker (b. 1866 d. 1949) | composer, singer |
| Bush, William H. (b. 1861) | organ |
| Calloway-Byron, Mayme (a. 1917) | singer |
| Caluza, Reuben Tholakee (b. 1895 d. 1969) | composer, lecturer |
| Caseras, James (a. 1877) | organ |
| Chambers, Ulysses (a. 1916) | tenor, organ |
| Cole, Bob [Robert Allen] (b. 1863 d. 1911) | lyricist, composer |
| Cole-Talbert, Florence (b. 1890 d. 1961) | soprano |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912) | composer |
| Cook, Will Marion (b. 1869 d. 1944) | composer, director |
| Copeland, W.H. | tenor |
| Dawson, William Levi (b. 1899 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| De Wolf, Rosa | cornet |
| De Wolf, Sadie | soprano |
| Dede, Edmund (b. 1827 d. 1903 a. 1862) | violin, clarinet |
| Desdunes, Dan (b. 1880s d. 1929) | bandleader |
| Desdunes, Rudolphe Lucien (b. 1849 d. 1928) | writer |
| Dethridge, Luvena Wallace | singer |
| Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943) | composer, teacher |
| Dorsey, James Elmo (b. 1905) | baritone, composer |
| Doublet, J.M. (b. 1860) | violin |
| Doublet, Maurice J.B. (b. 1831) | violin |
| Douglass, John Thomas (b. 1847 d. 1886) | violin, guitar |
| Douglass, Joseph Henry (b. 1871 d. 1935) | violin, administrator |
| Dubois, Shirley Graham (b. 1906 d. 1977) | author, composer |
| Duncan, Todd [Robert Todd] (b. 1903) | baritone, cast |
| Dupree, William H. (b. 1838 d. 1934 a. 1863) | brass bandsman |
| Europe, James Reese (b. 1881 d. 1919) | bandmaster, composer |
| Evanti, Lillian (b. 1890 d. 1967) | soprano |
| Garner, George Robert (b. 1890 d. 1971) | tenor |
| Glover, Phoebe A (a. 1870) | singer |
| Gomes, Carlos [Antonio Carlos] (b. 1836 d. 1896) | compositor, maestro de musica |
| Greene, John (b. 1901 d. 1960) | concert singer |
| Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor (b. 1819 d. 1876) | cast, second alto |
| Hackley, Emma Azalia (b. 1867 d. 1922) | soprano, concert singer |
| Hagan, Helen Eugenia (b. 1893 d. 1964 a. 1912) | organ, piano |
| Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) | additional Music, cast |
| Hare, Maud Cuney (b. 1874 d. 1936) | writer, piano |
| Harrison, Frank Goodall (b. 1899 d. 1977) | college professor |
| Hayes, Roland (b. 1887 d. 1976) | tenor, vocals |
| Hemmenway, James (b. 1800 d. 1849) | composer, bandmaster |
| Hill, Edwin (a. 1871) | violin |
| Hill, Edwin (a. 19th century |
composer, violin |
| Hodges, M. Hamilton (b. 1869 d. 1928 a. 1896) | baritone |
| Holland, Justin Miner (b. 1819 d. 1887) | composer, guitar |
| Howard, Wesley I. | composer, bandmaster |
| Hyers, Anna Madah (b. 1855 d. 1920s a. 1874) | soprano |
| Hyers, Emma Louise (b. 1855 d. 1890s a. 1874) | contralto |
| Ibrahim Ibn Al-Mahdi (b. 0779 d. 0839) | musician |
| Jamieson, Samuel W. (b. 1855 d. 1930) | piano |
| Janey, Benjamin J. | tenor |
| Jarboro, Caterina (b. 1903 d. 1986) | singer |
| Jeffreys, Hester (a. 1870) | singer |
| Jenkins, Edmund Thornton (b. 1894 d. 1926) | composer, reeds |
| Jeter, Leonard | cello |
| Johnson, C.A. | leader of "The Monumental Cornet Band" |
| Johnson, J. Rosamond [John Rosamund] (b. 1873 d. 1954) | composer, singer |
| Johnson, Thomas Henry | singer |
| Jones, Louisa Vaughn (b. 1895 d. 1965) | violin |
| Jones, Sissieretta (b. 1869 d. 1933) | soprano |
| Kalawant, Naubat Khan (a. 17th century |
vina player |
| Lambert, John A. (b. 1862) | cornet |
| Lambert, Lucien (b. 1828 d. 1896) | composer, piano |
| Lambert, Richard (a. 1830s) | cast, piano |
| Lambert, Sidney | composer |
| Lawrence, William (b. 1895 d. 1981) | accompanist, singer |
| Lawson, Raymond Augustus (b. 1875 d. 1959) | piano, educator |
| Layton, John Turner (b. 1841 d. 1916) | music educator |
| Lew, Edith (a. 1884) | soprano, piano |
| Lew, William E. (a. 1884) | musician |
| Lew, William Edward (b. 1865 d. 1949) | music educator |
| Lewis, Frederick Elliot (b. 1846) | piano, organ |
| Luca, Alexander C. (b. 1830s d. 1883) | tenor, violin |
| Luca, Alexander C. (b. 1805) | singer |
| Luca, Cleveland O. (b. 1838 d. 1872) | piano |
| Lyles, Aubrey (b. 1883 d. 1932) | cast, composer |
| Macarty, E.V. (b. 1821 d. 1881) | piano, composer |
| Mansion, Joseph (a. 19th century |
violin |
| Margetson, Edward Henry (b. 1891 d. 1962) | composer |
| Marshall, Harriet Gibbs (b. 1869 d. 1941) | piano, music educator |
| Martin, Thomas (a. 19th century |
guitar |
| Martinez, Charles (d. 1878 died: 1874) | guitar, violin |
| Masten, Sarah (d. 1931) | singer |
| Matthews, Edward (b. 1907 d. 1954) | baritone |
| Mills, Florence (b. 1895 d. 1927) | cast, entertainer |
| Mitchell, Abbie (b. 1884 d. 1960) | cast, librettist |
| Moten Barnett, Etta (b. 1901) | actress, cast |
| Murray, Charlotte Wallace (a. 1908-1935) | mezzo-soprano, teacher |
| Nalle, Mary (a. 1914) |
| Nickerson, Camille Lucie (b. 1888 d. 1982) | piano, organ |
| Norris, Jackson (a. 1932) | baritone |
| O'Fake, Peter (b. 1820 d. 1884) | society dance-band leader |
| Oswald, David T. (a. 19th century |
violin |
| Pankey, Aubrey (b. 1909) | baritone |
| Patti-Brown, Anita | singer |
| Pearce, Billy (d. 1933) | the Dancing Master of Broadway |
| Repanti, McDonald | piano |
| Rhodes, William Andrew | composer |
| Richardson, William Howard (b. 1869 d. 1930s) | singer |
| Robeson, Paul (b. 1898 d. 1976) | bass-baritone, cast |
| Ruffin, George L (a. 1890-1902) | singer |
| Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne (b. 1739 d. 1799) | composer, violin |
| Sancho, Ignatius (b. 1729 d. 1780) | composer |
| Sandridge, Justin (b. 1901) | piano |
| Selika, Marie (b. 1849 d. 1937) | soprano |
| Shipp, Jesse A. (b. 1869 d. 1934) | cast, librettist |
| Sissle, Noble (Lee) (b. 1889 d. 1975) | cast, composer |
| Smith, Nathaniel Clark (b. 1877 d. 1933) | conductor, music educator |
| Snaer, Samuel (b. 1832 d. 1896) | composer |
| Sparrow, Arianna Cooley (a. 1888) | singer |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Tavarez, Manuel Gregorio (b. 1843 d. 1883) | composer, conductor |
| Thomas, Flora | piano |
| Thompson, Dekoven (b. 1879 d. 1934) | songwriter |
| Thomson, Virgil (Garnett) (b. 1896 d. 1989) | composer, musicisti |
| Tyler, Gerald | songwriter, music educator |
| Vodery, Will [William Henry Bennett] (b. 1885 d. 1951) | arranger, composer |
| Walker, Rachel (b. 1873 d. 1940) | singer |
| Washington, Rachel M. (d. 1909 a. 1877) | concert pianist, organ |
| Waters, Ethel (b. 1900 d. 1977) | actress, cast |
| White, Clarence Cameron (b. 1880 d. 1960) | composer, violin |
| White, Frederick P. | musician |
| White Lafitte, Jose (Silvestre de los Dolores) (b. 1836 d. 1918) | violin, composer |
| Whitney, Salem Tutt (b. 1869 d. 1934) | cast, composer |
| Williams, Francis (d. 1774) | instrument maker, musician |
| Williams, Harry [Henry] (b. 1850 d. -1940 a. 1886) | concert singer |
| Williams, Henry F. (b. 1813 d. 1903) | composer, violin |
| Woodward, Sidney (b. 1860 d. 1924 a. 1890) | tenor |
| Work, Frederick Jerome (b. 1880 d. 1942) | composer, scholar |
| Work, John Wesley (b. 1873 d. 1925) | composer, tenor |