George Theophilus Walker (born June 27, 1922) is an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
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Wednesday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was an English composer and conductor who was mixed-race; his father was a Sierra Leone Creole physician. Coleridge-Taylor achieved such success that he was referred to by white New York musicians as the "African Mahler" at the time when he had three tours of the United States in the early 1900s. He was particularly … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Florence Beatrice Price (April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer. She was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Monday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer, who composed more than 150 works, including five symphonies and eight operas. Often referred to as "the Dean" of African-American composers, Still was the first American composer to have an opera produced by the New York City Opera. Still is known most for his first symphony, which was until the … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Saturday Open Thread: Remember Them
Scientific Racism and the Pioneers of the Human Zoo Today, the idea of a human zoo is an incredibly uncomfortable one – and that’s exactly why it needs to be remembered. Not too long ago, zoos included groups of people among their exhibits, living in what was supposed to be their natural habitat, often displayed alongside other exhibitions that advertised all that was … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Remember Them