African American composers
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Bonds Papers
The collection consists of hundreds of pages of Margaret Bond's music manuscripts and manuscript fragments, letters and cards from Langston Hughes and others, photographs, programs, and ephemera.
See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.
William B. Cooper Papers
Noel Da Costa Papers
Mark Fax Papers
Eugene W. Hancock Papers
The collection consists of music manuscripts of compositions by Eugene W. Hancock. It also includes biographies of Hancock and other Black composers, a letter from Robert J. Batastini (G.I.A. Publications), "Spiritual Lullaby" by William B. Cooper, "Funf Stucke fur Orchester" by Anton Webern, and the 1990-1991 choral music schedule for West End Presbyterian Church.
W.C. Handy Collection
Hildred Roach Collection on Pan African Composers
The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.
Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton Papers
The collection consists of Evelyn Simpson-Curenton music scores and one compact disc of recorded music by Simpson-Curenton titled "Reflections" (2009).
Mickey Thomas Terry Papers
The collection documents the career of Mickey Thomas Terry as an organist and historian of African American classical music.
It includes correspondence, music programs, posters, interviews with George Walker and Jean Guillou, music recordings, clippings, and other materials related to African American composers and organists. Other individuals who are represented in the collection include David Hurd, Ruth Norman, Noel Da Costa, and William B. Cooper, among others.