J. Harold Brown (1902 – September 17, 1982) was an American composer and musician best known for his production of ''The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle'', about a man who sleeps between 1948 and 1968 to witness large cultural changes in the United States. He trained the Karamu Quartet and traveled with
Jimmie Lunceford's band. Brown was dean of music at
Florida A&M University and taught in high schools and colleges in
Atlanta,
Cleveland, and
Indianapolis
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Personal life and death
Brown was born in
Lakeland, Florida in 1902.
He was married and had three daughters. Brown died in
Atlanta, Georgia on September 17, 1982, at the age of 79.
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1902 births
1982 deaths
20th-century American composers
African-American composers
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