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This black composer was almost forgotten. Today he's inspiring new musicians
By Ria Andriani

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was an accomplished musician who lived among the pantheon of British composers, but he was defined by his black ancestry and almost forgotten.

abc.net.au/news/2025-08-14/sam

ABC News · Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was almost forgotten. Today, he's inspiring a new generationBy Ria Andriani
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History August 12, 1936: The First International Brigades arrived in Spain to fight against Franco. Organized by the Communist International, between 40,000 and 60,000 men and women from around the world fought on the Republican side against the fascists. 10,000 of them died. Thousands more international activists joined anti-Stalinist forces, like the socialist POUM, or anarchist groups, like the FAI, CNT and the Durruti Column. Americans defied federal law to participate in the International Brigade, as members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Famous Lincoln participants included Avant Garde composer Conlon Nancarrow, labor organizer Delmer Berg, scifi author Theodore Cogswell, novelist William Herrick. The Tom Mooney Company, named for San Francisco labor organizer, Tom Mooney, who was wrongly imprisoned for the WWI Preparedness Day bombing, was commanded by African American labor organizer Oliver Law, the first African-American to command an integrated American military unit. Many African-Americans joined the anti-franco forces. Langston Hughes, who was writing for the Baltimore Afro-American, said: "Give Franco a hood, and he would be a member of the Ku Klux Klan." There was also a George Washington Battlian, and a John Brown battery. Once the U.S. entered World War II, the FBI recommended that none of the veterans of the Spanish war against fascism be given any promotions within the U.S. military, to prevent the “rise of communists” in their ranks. The House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC) blacklisted all American veterans of the Spanish war.

You can read my complete article on Tom Mooney here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #lincolnbrigades #spain #fascism #antifa #antifascism #anarchism #communism #socialism #stalin #fai #cnt #durruti #tommooney #oliverlaw #union #books #author #writer #composer #Blackmastadon @bookstadon

The Lincoln Battalion (U.S. citizens who fought against the fascists in Spain), Tom Mooney Company, named for San Francisco labor organizer, Tom Mooney, who was wrongly imprisoned for the WWI Preparedness Day bombing. By Unknown author - http://www.abc.es/historia/abci-brigada-lincoln-cruel-destino-americanos-usados-como-carne-canon-republicanos-batalla-jarama-201607120039_noticia.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67202348
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Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

Here's my entry for this month's IndieWeb carnival, hosted by @immarisabel!

I was excited for this prompt since it gives me the opportunity to talk about “color” as it relates to musical timbre, and how I like to emphasize those aspects when I write music:

reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/202

#IndieWeb #Blogging #Blog #Musodon #Composer #ContemporaryMusic #ClassicalMusic #ElectronicMusic #ExperimentalMusic #NoiseMusic @contemporarymusic

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