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Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") wrote the "Three Visions" suite in 1935 for solo piano. As written in the Wikipedia article on this work, the composer's daughter Judith Anne Still indicated that…

Black Canadian-American composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor Robert Nathaniel Dett's "In the Bottoms", is subtitled "Suite caractéristique". The suite for piano has five movements: 1. Prelude (Night) 2. His Song 3. Honey…

Acclaimed Syrian-born cellist, oud player, and composer, Kinan Abou-Afach composed "Message in a Bottle" for guitar and harp. It is a suite-like work in 4 movements. Contact the composer for more information on the score and/or availability of a…

African American bassist and composer Nick Dunston has been named in the New York Times as an "indispensable player of th eNew York avant-garde." His composition, "Mulch Awareness Month" was composed for contrabass. The piece, as Dunston explains at…

Black composer Allison Loggins-Hull composed "Homeland" for solo flute. Program notes on flutronix.com state: "'Homeland' (2018) was written shortly after Hurricane Maria stormed through Puerto Rico in 2017. Maria represented the increasing strength…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. Hailstork's "Bassoon Set" was composed at the request of Geneva Southall for the students of the…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. The publisher's website shares the following notes for the "Sonata for Cello": "Hailstork's Sonata for…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. The publisher's website shares the following notes on Theme and Variations "Draw the Sacred Circle":…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. The publisher's website shares the following program notes for the "Suite for Solo Violin": "Dedicated…

Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. "Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" was composed for Hyorim Kim. As written about "Yuhwa (Goddess of…