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…
Haitian American guitarist and composer Frantz Casséus wrote the "Haitian Suite" for guitar. As described on the Schott website:"Frantz Casséus (1915 - 1993) pioneered the introduction of the classical guitar in Haiti and is the acknowledged father…
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…
