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US composer, RIP

US composer, RIP

The Cleveland composer H. Leslie Adams who wrote songs and pianio suites with African-American themes, has died in his home town, aged 91.

His largest work is a m usic drama, Blake, on the lives of enslaved people in the mid-19th century.

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