Nora Holt
Nora Holt | |
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Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 | |
| Born | Lena or Lora Douglas November 8, 1883/4/5 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 25, 1974 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Nora Douglas Holt |
| Alma mater | Western University; Chicago Musical College; The American Conservatory in Fontainebleau |
| Occupation(s) | Critic, composer, singer and pianist |
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Nora Douglas Holt (November 8, 1883/4/5 – January 25, 1974) was an American critic, composer, singer and pianist who was the first African American to receive a master's degree in music in the United States. She composed more than 200 works of music and was associated with the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance and the co-founder of the National Association of Negro Musicians. She died in 1974 in Los Angeles, California.