Robert Nathaniel Dett

'Juba' is one of the earliest and possibly best compositions by R. Nathaniel Dett. Majoring in composition and piano at Oberlin, in 1908, Dett was the first black person to earn a Bachelor of Music de...

John Philip Sousa himself was a fan of the music of this important African-American composer. Cave of the Winds is an inventive and highly original march scored for band by Percy Grainger expert Dana...

Selected by the National Endowment for the Arts as an one of the American Masterpieces of choral music.

Despite his having moved to the United States with his family when he was 11 years old, Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) was born in Canada where glimpses of his talent had already begun to manifest...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

This gorgeous arrangement features the Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of Cinnamon Grove by Robert Nathaniel Dett, who was the first composer of African descent to graduate from Oberlin College...

A religious characteristic in the form of an anthem, for four-part chorus of mixed voices with soprano solo. With Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.