... changing attitudes of today's society, we can see that his styles and techniques are not Black, but individually his as an American composer. Walker may still be considered a Black composer by many, but his use of traditional Black American elements fused with methods of his twentieth century counterparts only makes him more American. Endnotes 1 Addison Gayle Jr. ed., The Black Aesthetic ... from Atlanta. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. Among his compositions are three symphonies, and songs, five of which are settings of poems by Langston...

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