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Robert Nathaniel Dett

As a child, his mother encouraged him to memorize passages of Shakespeare, Longfellow and Tennyson.

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He encouraged his Hampton student, soprano Dorothy Maynor, to pursue a career as a concert artist; she followed his advice to become one of the leading concert artists in the nation.

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Canada's Nathaniel Dett Chorale bears his name and performs his music as well as that of other composers of African descent.

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