Sheet Music of Justin Holland (1819-1897), African American Composer for Classical Guitar

[Justin Holland]

During the past couple of years Justin Holland has been featured on AfriClassical with increasing frequency, at least partly due to the “Justin Holland Guitar Project” conducted by Dr. Kim Perlak, http://www.kimperlak.com/, who teaches guitar in Austin, Texas. On August 3, 2010 AfriClassical posted: “SoupGreens.com: Spanish Fandango, classical/blues nexus.”

Since then a visitor to AfriClassical.com, where Justin Holland's biography appears, has requested help locating scores for Justin Holland's works for classical guitar. Our reply may be of interest to other classical guitarists:

“Hello,

I am happy to hear of your interest! Amaranth Publishing offers sheet music of Justin Holland:

http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/JustinHolland.html

“Our associate Suzanne Flandreau has excellent resources at her disposal. She is Head Librarian and Archivist at the Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60605. Telephone: 312-369-7346. Fax: 312-369-8029. http://www.colum.edu/cbmr

“If you schedule any performances of the music of Justin Holland, give me advance notice and I may be able to write about them on AfriClassical Blog.

Best wishes,

Bill Zick”

Justin Holland
African American
Composer for Classical Guitar
Sheet Music
Amaranth Publishing
Suzanne Flandreau