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Black composer and avant-garde jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste composed "Episodes" for clarinet and piano.

Black composer and musical director Edward Osmund Bland composed "One On One" for bassoon and clarinet. As David Schwartz recounts in his liner notes for the album Legacy: Black Composers on which the work appears, the work "display[s] a style of…

Black composer Clarence Cameron White wrote "Basque Folk Song" for clarinet and piano.

Black composer Dolores White wrote the "Song Cycle" for soprano and clarinet.

Haitian American guitarist and composer Frantz Casséus wrote the "Haitian Suite" for guitar. As described on the Schott website:"Frantz Casséus (1915 - 1993) pioneered the introduction of the classical guitar in Haiti and is the acknowledged father…

Black Creole violinist, conductor and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (often referred to as "The Black Mozart") was a prolific French composer of the classical era. Born on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and was sent to…

Black composer Justin Holland is one of the most important American guitarists of his generation and (as written on the Amaranth Publishing website) one of the first Black men to contribute to the classical guitar.

His Songs for Voice & Guitar…

Black composer Edward Osmund Bland composed "For Bassoon" in 1979 on commission by the bassoonist Fail Hightower of New York City.

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. As provided by the publisher, "The Pied Piper of Harlem" for flute is a three movement solo piece with…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. Hailstork's "Sonata for Trumpet and Piano" was composed for the husband and wife team of trumpeter…