Photo Source: Irvine Garland Penn and John Wesley Edward Bowen, eds., The United Negro: His Problems and His Progress (D. E. Luther Publishing 1902): 318.
Anna Gardner Goodwin (1874-1959) was a Black American educator, pianist, and composer of sacred music and marches. She assisted her husband in playing and leading music at Morehouse College, where she also accompanied the school’s glee club. Her final composition, “Freedom to All March,” was written to commemorate the 1951 race riot in Cicero, Illinois.
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Papers at University of Chicago
Works Featured on Expanding the Music Theory Canon
The Educational Congress March
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Page: Passing Tone, V, V7+Inversions
Cuban Liberty March
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Page: Passing Tone, Appoggiatura