Margaret Bonds has been played on NTS in shows including Black Opera, featured first on 16 September 2021. Songs played include The Ballad Of The Brown King (1960).

Margaret Allison Bonds (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972)[1] was an American composer and pianist. One of the first black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.

A native of Chicago, Bonds grew up in a home visited by many of the leading black intellectuals of the era; among houseguests were soprano Abbie Mitchell and composers Florence Price and Will Marion Cook….