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The Kreutzer Sonata? But I think it was more of a dedication to Bridgetower although they did perform together for the piece and Bridgetower made some modification that impressed Beethoven greatly.Sorry to rephrase your question a little, you mean famous composer collaborated with black musicians/artists instead of just composers, maybe?
I can think of.. Joplin collaborated with Louis Chauvin on Heliotrope Bouquet. Gershwin's folk opera, Porgy and Bess, had almost exclusively African-Americans as singers.
Coincidentally, a friend of mine just recently visited the grave of composer, singer and arranger Harry T. Burleigh (located in the Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania), who was an influence on Antonín Dvořák.https://twitter.com/mel_huang/status/...


And what other famous composers
collaborated with Black composers or were influenced by them. Can you name some and their works.