Maud Cuney Hare - View this location on map Maud Cuney Hare, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and the foremost historian of black music of her time, lived here from 1904 unitl 1934. Hare's most notable achievement was Negro Musicians and Their Music, a comprehensive survey of black music published in 1936; she also authored Creole Songs and served as book editor for the NAACP magazine, Crisis. A well-known folklorist, Hare traveled internationally and collected musical instruments and songs for her work in musicology. Boston Women's Heritage Trail 43 Sheridan St. , Boston, MA Historical

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