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By Robert Nathaniel Dett. Robert Nathaniel Dett was a Canadian-American Black composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor. Born and raised in Canada until the age of 11, he moved to the United States with his family and had most of his professional education and career there. The Magnolia Suite for solo piano is in five.
Jul 9, 2007 · Article by F. Michael Barnwell. Published Online July 9, 2007. Last Edited January 31, 2014. (Robert) Nathaniel Dett. Composer, educator, pianist, b Drummondville (now Niagara Falls), Ont, 11 Oct 1882, d Battle Creek, Mich, 2 Oct 1943; B MUS (Oberlin) 1908, honorary D MUS (Harvard) 1924, M MUS (Oberlin) 1926, M MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1932.
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), one of history’s greatest musicians of African descent, was multi-talented, not only as a composer, but also as a choir leader, pianist, teacher, 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 ...
Oct 11, 1997 · Composer R. Nathaniel Dett. October 11, 199712:00 AM ET. Audio will be available later today. Composer R. Nathaniel Dett was born this day in 1882. He was one of the first composers to incorporate ...
Died: 2nd October 1943, Battle Creek, Michegan, United States. Nationality: American. Robert Nathaniel Dett often known as R. Nathaniel Dett and Nathaniel Dett, was a Canadian-American Black composer, organist, pianist, choral director, and music professor. Born and raised in Canada until the age of 11, he moved to the United States with his ...
Robert Nathaniel Dett was a composer, organist, pianist and music professor. While born in Canada, he spent most of his professional career in the United States. During his lifetime he was a leading Black composer, known for his use of African-American folk songs and spirituals as the basis for choral and piano compositions in the 19th century ...
Sep 14, 2023 · The name of Dr. Robert Nathaniel Dett, noted composer, conductor, pianist, poet, and educator, who died in Battle Creek, Michigan on October 2, 1943, only nine days before his 61st birthday, will always have a special significance for the music world. At the time of his death he had become a figure of international prominence through his ...
