Collection 1
George
Bridgetower (1779-1830), an African Polish violinist and composer, who served as the first
violinist at Carlton House, the Palace of English King George IV.
His picture (hair and eyes wrong color, should be brown) was used as the model on the cover of the Black Composers Born Before 1850 coloring book |
|
Ignatius Sancho 1729-1780, composer, related in some way to Queen Charlotte, wrote a Theory of Music Textbook, dedicated to the Princess Royal, he appears in the Black Composers Born Before 1850 coloring book | |
Queen Charlotte, wife of (mad) King George III of England (when the USA seceded), she was a Black singer, harpsichord player, who had 15 children, many of whom were musicians, supporter of Johann Christian Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and whose son, King George IV was a friend of Chevalier de Saint Georges and George Polgreen Augustus Bridgetower, both Black violinists and composers. | |
In the Black Composers Born Before 1850 book, Blind Tom, Thomas Greene Bethune, was born in Georgia, and was the phenomenal pianist who wrote over 100 works, and performed over 7,000 (seven thousand) works including arrangements of symphonies. | |
J. Rosamond Johnson, composer of the music of Lift Every Voice and Sing | |
Philippa Duke Schuyler, 1931-1967, child prodigy, pianist, journalist, died in a helicopter accident in Vietnam. | |
Thomas Tallis (ca.1505-1585), known as the Father of English Cathedral Music. |