Musical Works by African Composers

To be Celebrated

 

The African composer landscape has many accomplished musical artists from the present and the past. They come from different backgrounds, countries, male and female, award winners, prodigies, teachers, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" Music is the tonal reflection of beauty." Duke Ellington

The scale of musical repertoire and forte in musical works is extensive. These contributing artists span different eras, traditions, cultures, and styles. Inspiration for their pieces is from many different sources like, the European classics, church spirituals, Africa, contemporaries, folk, blues.

Listen and Enjoy

Pulitzer Prize winner

George Walker

Recognition for a symphonic composer: First African American women 

Florence Price

Contributors to the South African national anthem

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph

Mzilikazi Khumalo

Roald Dhal's, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs adaptation

Eleanor Alberga