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A. Jack Thomas music manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0022
Abstract
Alfred Jack Thomas was an African American composer, educator, and conductor who served as a bandmaster in the United States Army and became the first African American to conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The A. Jack Thomas papers contain manuscript scores and instrumental parts for three of his compositions for orchestra: Mirage, Scenes Pastoral, and Etude en Noir.
Dates:
1940-1941
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture
Collection
Identifier: MS-0846
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection which spans from the 18th to the 20th century. The collection consists of materials selected by the curators of Special Collections.
Dates:
1788-1944
Found in:
Special Collections