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{{Short description|Liberian composer of the national anthem (1826–1869)}}
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'''Olmstead Luca''' (1826{{snds}}1869) was a Liberian pianist<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7hc_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Olmstead+Luca Black Magic: A Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment By Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer]</ref> and composer. He composed the music for the Liberian national anthem, "[[All Hail, Liberia, Hail!]]". He came from a mixed-race family that had immigrated to [[Liberia]] from the southern United States.<ref>Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1_URAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Olmstead+Luca&pg=PA395 ''Liberia''], Dodd, Mead, 1906, p. 395.</ref>

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[[Category:1826 births]]
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[[Category:19th-century classical composers]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Liberia]]
[[Category:American Romantic composers]]
[[Category:Americo-Liberian people]]
[[Category:Liberian male musicians]]
[[Category:National anthem writers]]


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