Robert Nathaniel Dett
(1882-1943)
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Robert Nathaniel Dett (October 11, 1882 – October 2, 1943), 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 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 century Romantic style of Classical music.
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11 October 1882 Drummondville, Ontario (now part of Niagara Falls, Ontario)
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2 October 1943 (aged 60) During a USO tour
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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