Best known for his direction of the Hampton Institute Choir (1913-31), Dett (1882-1943) was also a pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro folk songs and spirituals. This account of Dett as a success
A scholarly study of Burleigh (1866-1949), a black composer, arranger, singer, and music editor whose raison d'etre was to dignify the Negro through proper settings and presentation of his native mu
