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Title: Nathaniel Dett Composer, 1930-1940
Alternative Title: Portraits of African American Composers, Conductors, and Arrangers.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930/1940
[1930-1940]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of Robert Nathaniel Dett.
R. Nathaniel Dett was a composer, organist, pianist, music professor, choir leader, poet, and writer. During his lifetime, he was lauded as the first American composer to fuse Negro folk music with the European art music tradition in a sophisticated way.
Written on back of photo: Nathaniel Dett Composer
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f01_001a.tif
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Subject: African American composers
African American music teachers
Conductors (Music)
African American musicians
African American poets
Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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