John Thomas Douglass
John Thomas Douglass (1847–1886) was an American composer, virtuoso violinist, conductor and teacher. He is best known for composing '' Virginia's Ball'' (1868), which is generally regarded as the first opera written by a Black American composer. The work is now lost, and his only extant composition is ''The Pilgrim: Grand Overture'' (1878) for piano. His biography from James Monroe Trotter's ''Music and Some Highly Musical People'' (1878)—in which ''The Pilgrim'' survives—reports that he wrote many now lost pieces for piano, orchestra and particularly guitar, which he was known to play. A highly regarded violinist, Douglass's violin playing received high praise during his lifetime. In addition to his solo career, he traveled with various groups throughout the 1870s, including the Hyers Sisters. He settled in New York by the 1880s and conducted both a music studio and string ensemble. Later in life he led a teaching studio, and among his students was David Mannes who bec ...
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The Pilgrim By John Thomas Douglass
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