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Black Composers in Classical Music

A research guide for finding recordings, music, and information on classical music written by black composers.

Black Composers - Lists of Recordings

Black Classical Composers on CD
List of Black composers recorded on CD, compiled by Richard Greene.
Conductor Paul Freeman and Black Classical Composers
List of works by Black classical composers performed and/or recorded by conductor Paul Freeman.

George Walker album cover

Album Cover: Somewhere Far Away

Classical Music Recordings of Black Composers - site created by Richard Greene detailing recordings of classical compositions by Black composers.

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Clough, Francis F., and G.J. Cuming. The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1966.

de Lerma, Dominique-Rene______. Concert Music and Spirituals: A Selective Discography. Nashville, Tenn.: Fisk University, Institute for Research in Black American Music, 1981.

Greene, Richard. Black Classical Music Composers: a Comprehensive Discography of Recordings Available on Compact Disc. [Ardmore, Pa.: s.n.], 1998.

Horne, Aaron. Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.

_________. Keyboard Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1992.

_________. String Music of Black composers: A Bibliography.Wesport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1991.

_________. Woodwind Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990.

Kimberlein, Cynthia Tse and Akin Euba. Towards an African Pianism: keyboard music of Africa and the Diaspora. Point Richmond, CA : MRI Press, 2005.

Nyaho, William C., ed. Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora. New York: Oxford U. Press, 2007-2008.