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African-American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Blue/s Forms" for violin was composed in 1979.

Black composer, conductor, and musician wrote the "Clarinet Sonata" in 1990. It was performed at the UBC Distinguished Artist Series in Canada. The Sonata is in three movements:

1. Blues
2. Loneliness
3. Dance

Black composer, conductor, and musician David Baker wrote this unaccompanied "Sonata for Cello" in 1990.

Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote this "Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano" in 1963.

Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote on "Homage" for piano in 1990. As described in a short article by Elizabeth Smith on Homage:"Homage is a movement in the set Piano Potpourri. Composed in 1990, it employs a wide variety of different textures…

Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote her "Three Pieces for Horn and Piano" between 1973 and 1983.According to the composer's biographer Dr. Jeannie Gayle Pool: "It seems that Zenobia Perry wrote these pieces for performance by Central State…

Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") composed "Songs for Bassoon and Piano", which were arranged by Alexa Still. The work has three movements:I. Bayou HomeII. If You Should GoIII. Song for the Lonely

Black composer Ulysses Kay's "Suite for Flute and Oboe" is a four movement work dedicated to flutist Martin Heylman and oboist Ernest Serpentini of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. According to comments included in a YouTube video of Megan Kyle and…

Black composer Ulysses Kay wrote "Guitarra" for guitar in 1973, revised in 1985. The work was commissioned by (and dedicated to) Wilbur P. Cotton.

Black composer Ulysses Kay wrote "Tromba" for the trumpet in 1983. Described in program notes as "a free flowing piece sporting a stern Nocturne where the trumpet plays muted. Spirited vernacular sluices through the finale – perky, and decidedly fun.…