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composers
Alan Westby, April 09, 2021
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson performed one of the most significant concerts in American history.
Keith Chaffee, November 30, 2019
Billy Strayhorn was born on November 29, 1915. Strayhorn was a jazz composer and arranger who spent most of his career as Duke Ellington’s creative partner.
Keith Chaffee, August 09, 2019
Alexander Glazunov was born on August 10, 1865. Glazunov was a Russian composer during the end of the Russian Empire and the birth of the Soviet Union, a political transition that he survived better than many of his colleagues.