Robert Nathaniel Dett
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Robert Nathaniel Dett
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Robert Nathaniel Dett, often known as R. Nathaniel Dett and Nathaniel Dett, was a Canadian-American 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. 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 cen
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Canadian-American Black composer (1882–1943)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nathaniel_Dett
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2023-10-13T06:38:45Z
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