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Mildred Katharine Ellis
1906–2004
United States
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Mildred Katharine Ellis (1906–2004) was a pianist, music educator, composer, and musicologist. In 1947, Ellis organized the Negro Music Festival, which was the first music festival in Johnson City, Tennessee to feature concert music written exclusively by Black composers and performed by Black musicians for an integrated audience. Ellis was born on September 20, 1906, in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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