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Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Spiritual Fantasy No. 5" for horn and piano was composed in 1982 and premiered by Laura Klock.

Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Spiritual Fantasy No. 4" for piano was composed in 1981 on commission from Vivian Taylor. Taylor premiered the work in Boston Massachusetts. The description for the work from the American Composers Alliance…

Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, Black American composer Richard Thompson's "Six Preludes" was written for piano.

Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, Black American composer Richard Thompson's "Lemuria Fantasy" is a one movement work for piano.

Queer Afro-Latinx violinist and composer Darian Donoovan Thomas wrote "Disintegrating Foundation Under a Catastrophe of Air" in 2020/2021. Commissioned by Bass Players for Black Composers. The composer's website includes the following statement:…

Japanese composer Karen Tanaka's "Enchanted Forest" was composed for horn and piano. The work is in three movements:

1. In the Woods
2. Whiispers in the Wind
3. Enchanged Forest

The work was commissed by and written for Nobuaki Fukukawa and…

Ugandan composer Justinian Tamusuza wrote "Okukoowoola Kw'Ekkondeere" in 2006. Hickey's Music Center website includes the following notes: "An unaccompanied horn call by one of Africa's leading composers, it adds unique diversity to the solo horn…

Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu composed "Paths" for trumpet in memory of Witold Lutoslawski. Composed in 1994, the work was premiered on 21 September.

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 William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") wrote the "Incantation and Dance" for oboe and piano.