doi:10.7916/D8JM3SZDUlysses Kay at Bellagio Study and Conference Centerphotographsstill imageComposersAfrican American composersBellagio (Italy)Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995Among the many tributes extended to Ulysses Kay was his serving as composer-in-residence at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy in 1982, where this photograph was taken. He received six honorary doctorates during his life, and attended a number of special "All-Ulysses Kay Concerts" and "Ulysses Kay Days" held at many colleges and universities including Lehman College, and even a "Ulysses Kay Week" held in the Boston area in 1988 when Harvard, Tufts, Northeastern, and the University of Massachusetts (Harbor campus) presented a series of all-Kay concerts from March 9 to 14.