Harry Lawrence Freeman
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Harry Lawrence Freeman was an American neoromantic opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher. He was the first African-American to write an opera that was successfully produced.
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Eric D. WalrondAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
William Edouard ScottAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
Palmer HaydenAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
Sargent Claude JohnsonAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among NegroesMusicians from United States 2
About this person
Harry Lawrence Freeman was an American neoromantic opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher. He was the first African-American to write an opera that was successfully produced. Freeman founded the Freeman School of Music and the Freeman School of Grand Opera, as well as several short-lived opera companies which gave first performances of his own compositions. During his life, he was known as "the black Wagner."
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United StatesCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1869 to 1954 · aged 84
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6 languages
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