African American composers
Found in 14 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.
Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Manuscripts
Colour of Music Festival Collection
The collection consists of programs and promotional materials for the Colour of Music Festival dating from 2022 to 2024. These include performances at Carnegie Hall; Charleston, SC; and Sacramento, CA.
William B. Cooper Papers
Noel Da Costa Papers
Duke Ellington Signed Program
Program for a Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra concert in London, February 1964. Bears the signatures of Ellington and approximately 16 members of his orchestra, inscribed to Walter Heugham, president of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society in England.
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 manuscriots, scores, programs, correspondance, materials related to the 1990 Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman performance at Carnegie Hall, and one compact disc of recorded music by Simpson-Curenton titled "Reflections" (2009).
Mickey Thomas Terry Papers
Gregory T.S. Walker Papers
The collection contains digital files, including photographs of Gregory T.S. Walker and his father George Walker. Additionally, the collection contains an copy of the Minstrels and Minimoogs: New Virtuosity at the University of Colorado phonograph EP (released by Walker Productions in 1988).