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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 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 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 Billy Strayhorn composed "Suite for the Duo" in 1966. As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn…

Black composer Freddie Bryant's "Fantasia on a Theme by Charlie Haden": 'For Turiya' was originally recorded in 1996. As indicated in linernotes on the composer's website, "It is a through-composed piece using the theme from Charlie Haden’s beautiful…

Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Three Movements For Piano" was composed in 1964.

Black composer Gary Nash composed "Deformation V" for bassoon and piano. As described on the composer's website: "Deformation V, a six minute, single movement composition for bassoon and piano, completed February 6, 1993 was composed for Barrick…