Theodore Wright

Continuing with this week's theme, I will discuss Francis Johnson and Theodore Wright.  Francis Johnson, musician, composer, and bandmaster, was born in 1792 in Martinique in the West Indies and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 at the age of 17.  By that point he had already mastered the keyed bugle and the violin.  By his early 20s he was building a reputation as a … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations