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{{short description|American classical composer}}
'''Alvin Singleton''' (born December 28, 1940
Singleton's music shows the evidence of a wide range of influences - "from Mahler to Monk, Bird to Bernstein, James Baldwin to Bach, Santana to Prince"<ref>David Patrick Stearns. 'Classical Concert Draws on African American Spirituals', in ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', 18 February 2013</ref> - and often incorporates aspects of theatre and surprise.<ref>[https://www.schott-music.com/en/person/alvin-singleton Biography, Schott Music]</ref> Notable are his set of eight ''Argoru'' pieces for various solo instruments, composed over the period from 1968 to 2002. His choral ballet ''TRUTH'' (2006), scored for mixed chorus, dancers and an ensemble of 10 instruments, is based on the life of human rights crusader [[Sojourner Truth]]. His piano concerto ''BluesKonzert'' had its [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in 2010 with soloist [[Ursula Oppens]] and the [[American Composers Orchestra]].
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