The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Chapter Three

What did the narrator enjoy that also made his teacher proud?

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After joining the choir, the narrator began taking pipe-organ lessons. He even began writing his own music, which "won the admiration of his teacher".

Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much. About a year later I began the study of the pipe organ and the theory of music; and before I finished the grammar school I had written out several simple preludes for organ which won the admiration of my teacher, and which he did me the honor to play at services.

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man; Chapter Three