Margaret Bonds

1913 - 1972

0 upcoming concerts with music by Margaret Bonds and 3 in total on Live Klassisk.

Margaret Allison Bonds was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher. One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular arrangements of African American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. She was the first African American woman to perform with the all-White and all-male Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the first African American women to have her music broadcast on European radio, the first African American woman to have her music performed widely in Africa, only the sec

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Most played works

Works by Margaret Bonds on Live Klassisk, counted across all 3 concerts. Upcoming ones first.

• Troubled Water1 concerts