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Black composer and conductor Quinn Mason composed his "Sonata" for solo guitar in 2018. As described on the composer's website, the "Sonata for solo guitar" in three movements, written for Tom Clippinger, "explores the lyricism of the classical…

African-American composer Jessie Montgomery wrote "Rhapsody No. 1" for herself. As included in her program notes on her website, the Rhapsody "draws on inspiration from the Eugène Ysaÿe solo works and is intended to serve as both an étude and a…

Black composer Dororthy Rudd Moore's "Dream and Variations" for solo piano was composed in September 1974. As written in an article by Anastasia Pavlenko:"Dream and Variations is a substantial work for solo piano written by D. Moore in September…

Black composer Dororthy Rudd Moore's "Night Fantasy" for clarinet and piano was described on Musicweb International as:"Night Fantasy for clarinet and piano is a wonderfully evocative work conjuring up the spirit world. The clarinet first weaves a…

Black composer Udine Eliza Anna Smith Moore (known as the "Dean of Black Women Composers") wrote "Introduction and Allegro" for clarinet and piano in 1958.

Black composer Joyce Solomon Moorman's "Three Pieces for Flute" was written in 1980.The score and recordings are available in the sources. See her Soundcloud profile for more music: https://soundcloud.com/jsm-13.

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "A Wind of Suspended Prominences" for clarinet and piano was premiered by clarinetist William Powell and pianist Zita Carno on April 17, 1981.

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "linear cycles VII" (cambiamenti II) received its first performance by violinist Kurt Nikkanen on 22 July 1979.

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "morning thunder" for solo flute received its first performance on 15 December 1980.

Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "echoes from within brightening fabric… fragments of quickened light…" received its first performance on 11 October 2015.