Choral Music by African American Composers
Title | Choral Music by African American Composers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | African American composers |
ISBN | 9780810830370 |
Lists and describes both published and unpublished choral works by some 100 Afro-American composers and arrangers, encompassing works representing all styles from four-part settings to avant-garde pieces. The bulk of the book is an annotated list of compositions in tabular form, organized alphabetically by composer's name, listing publication dates and number of pages, vocal ranges, type of accompaniment, publishers, and catalog number. Includes a listing of collections, biographical sketches, a discography, and addresses of publishers and composers. Useful for conductors and researchers. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Choral Music by Afro-American Composers
Title | Choral Music by Afro-American Composers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
An Analysis of the Technique and Style of Selected Black-American Composers of Contemporary Choral Music
Title | An Analysis of the Technique and Style of Selected Black-American Composers of Contemporary Choral Music PDF eBook |
Author | Effie Tyler Gardner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 894 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | African American composers |
ISBN |
Music by Black Women Composers
Title | Music by Black Women Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Walker-Hill |
Publisher | Center for Black Music Rsrch |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780929911045 |
A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers
Title | A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret R. Simmons |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780809325238 |
Including thirty-nine pieces for voice and piano created since 1968 by eighteen artists, ANew Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers navigates a varied musical terrain from classical European traditions to jazz and spirituals. With nearly half of the featured songs composed by women and with others by lesser-known and emerging composers, this important collection offers a diverse, representative sampling of African American art songs and works to secure the places of these songs and artists in the canon of contemporary American music.
The Black Composer Speaks
Title | The Black Composer Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | Indiana University. Afro-American Arts Institute |
Publisher | Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 518 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Woodwind Music of Black Composers
Title | Woodwind Music of Black Composers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1990-01-24 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0313272654 |
The preponderance of early Black composers wrote choral music and even the most outstanding among them did not compose works for woodwinds. However, the later half of the twentieth century has witnessed a rise in compositions for woodwinds, both for solo and chamber ensembles by relatively unknown Black composers. This pioneering volume will become the standard source of information on nineteenth and twentieth century Black composers from three continents as well as their woodwind compositions. It contains the most current and complete biographical data on 90 African composers, Afro-American composers, Afro-Latin composers, and Afro-European composers, including their education and professional experience and information on their continuing musical influence. A distinctive feature is the separate, easy-to-use woodwind music index of both published and unpublished works for solo and chamber ensembles that groups the music by medium and numbers into 27 categories that contain some 430 works. Exact instrumentation, dedication or commission, premiere performance, and publisher are also found here. A list of abbreviations, key to publishers, collections, and manuscripts, and a discography of 38 recordings of woodwind works by 26 of the included composers complete the volume. This first bibliography of woodwind music by Black composers is an excellent reference work for Black composers, for the woodwind repertoire, and for American music in general. It will be highly useful in college-level courses such as Survey of Afro-American Music and Woodwind Literature as well as to woodwind players, ensemble directors, and scholars.