Elizabeth Cotten
American folk and blues musician
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Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
Active as a teacher and songwriter, she also began to write poetry and gained a reputation as one of America’s premier Yiddish poets.
Carmencristina Moreno
Carmencristina Moreno, recipient of the Bess Lomax Hawes Award, has been recognized for her lifelong contribution to Mexican American musical heritage through songwriting, performing, and teaching.
P J Hirabayashi
The founders of San Jose Taiko, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi have helped to create a new Asian-American art form by infusing the traditional rhythms of Japanese drumming with musical and cultural influences from around the world.
Albertina Walker
Singer-songwriter known as the “Queen of Gospel Music”
Ola Belle Reed
US Appalachian folk singer, songwriter and banjo player
Trude Rittmann
Prominent German-American composer, music arranger, teacher, and pianist.
Adele Lewing
German pianist
Adeline Frances Fitz
American composer
Elsie Phelan Larsen
Elsie Phelan was a composer of light-hearted music in the early 20th century.