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Black composer Ulysses Kay wrote this one-movement piece in 1941 while he was studying at Yale with Paul Hindemith. According to the publisher's website, "The Sonata for Bassoon and Piano has been unavailable for fifty years and is now presented for…

Black composer Ulysses Kay "composed his 'Suite in B for Oboe and Piano' in 1943, finishing the piece at Quonset Point, Rhode Island in July. He withdrew the work, along with several other compositions, in the mid-1950s. The distinguished…

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.…

Black composer, musician and conductor Joseph Jones wrote "Lyric Suite for Viola, Op. 26a" in 2020.

Chinese-born American composer Wang Jie wrote "From New York, With Love II" for flute, viola and harp. Program notes for the composition on Jie's website state: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted every day by a musical…

Chinese-born American composer Wang Jie wrote "From New York, With Love" for flute or piccolo and percussion. Program notes for the composition on the composer's website indicate: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted…

Black composer Chad "Sir Wick" Hughes fell in love with cello suites in 1995. As written on his website, "As I came home (to the dorms) from marching band practice at the University of Michigan, I heard not only a glorious euphonium sound, but I…

Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa's "Kleine Blume" is a one movement work written in honour of the 50th birthday of Michael Haefliger. The composition was premiered by Stefan Dohr in Bilbaeo, Spain in May 2011.