# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-bonds
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:18:33.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-bonds"
name: "Margaret Bonds"
slug: "margaret-bonds"
description: "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 second African American woman in classical music to be elected to full membership in ASCAP, and the first woman, Black or white, to win three awards from ASCAP."
tagline: "American composer and pianist (1913–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret_Bonds.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1913-03-03"
deathDate: "1972-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump