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

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. Hailstork's "Bassoon Set" was composed at the request of Geneva Southall for the students of the…

African-American composer, curator and activist Carlos Simon wrote "Between Worlds" for solo violin or cello or solo double bass. The text related to the project and its title are borrowed from and organized in relation to Leslie Umberger's…

Black composer George Theophilus Walker composed "Bleu" in 2011 for violin.

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

Persian composer Behzad Ranjbaran was born in Tehran, Iran. He studied at the Rehran Music Conservatory. He immigrated to the USA in 1974, studying at Indiana University and later The Juilliard School, where he earned a DMA in Composition. His music…

Black composer Regina Harris Baiocchi composed "Chasé" for B flat clarinet and piano. The composition was premiered by Richard Nunley Jr. And Ester Hanviriyapunt in Chicago.

Black composer T.J. Anderson composed "Contrast" for Solo Bb trumpet.

Black composer Quincy C. Hilliard is a composer and professor in the School of Music & Performing Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

In 2012, "Coty" was recorded on an album that was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Black composer Valerie Coleman's "Danza de la Mariposa" "is a rhythmic, melodic tone poem, giving the listener a tour of South America. Inspired by the various species of butterflies inhabiting the continent, this work is full of rich color, with…