Olmstead Luca
Olmstead Luca (1826March 27, 1869), also known as Cleveland Luca, was a pianist and composer who lived in Liberia. Olmstead Luca was born in the United States, he composed the music for the Liberian national anthem, "All Hail, Liberia, Hail!". Prior to leaving for Liberia around 1860, he was the head of a well-established musical family in the United States known as the "Luca Family Singers."
Olmstead Luca
- Born
- Olmstead Luca was born in 1826.
- Died
- Olmstead Luca died in 1869.
- Nationality
- Liberia
- Occupation
- pianist · composer
- Known for
- All Hail, Liberia and Hail!
- Languages
- English
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Olmstead Luca naquit en 1826 et mourut en 1869.
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- 1.Hughes, Langston. Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment. Prentice-Hall. 130. 1967.
- 2.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Africana/TMZMAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Luca%22+Liberia&pg=RA2-PA657&printsec=frontcover
- 3.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pan_African_Chronology_II/c4EwCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Cleveland+Luca%22+Liberia&pg=PA92&printsec=frontcover
- 4.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Africana/TMZMAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Luca%22+Liberia&pg=RA2-PA657&printsec=frontcover
- 5.https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Transformation_of_Black_Music/YRRLDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
- 6.https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Afro_American_in_Music_and_Art/2cIH4lF2IEIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Cleveland+Luca%22+Liberia&dq=%22Cleveland+Luca%22+Liberia&printsec=frontcover
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