John W. Work
Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora - Volume 2
Intermediate
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Oxford University Press | SKU :
9780193868236
- Composers: John W. Work (1871-1925), Joshua Uzoigwe (1946-2005), Florence Price (1887-1953), Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995), Amadeo Gardes (1900-1939), Alain Pierre Pradel (1949-), Wallace M. Cheatham (1945-), Akin Euba (1935-2020), Ulysses Kay (1917-1995), Halim El-Dabh (1921-2017), Eleanor Alberga (1949-), Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019), Christian Onyeji
- Instrumentation: Piano
- ISBN:
- Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
- Pages: 64
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Description
From the influences of the Southern US and the Caribbean to the Igbo people of Africa, this second volume truly represents the music of Africa and its Diaspora. This intermediate-level volume features more jazz and syncopated pieces that are both reflective and dance-like. Performance notes and composer biographies are also provided.
Works:
- Almeida: Lament in Tremelo Form
- Kay: Invention No. 2
- Dett: Honey
- Uzoigwe: Nigerian Dance No. 1
- Cheatham: Prelude No. 1 (Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho)
- Cheatham: Prelude No. 2 (Pour Mourner's Got A Home)
- Onyeji: Oga
- Gardes: Preludio Cubano
- Silk Hat and Walking Cane from Price: Dances in the Canebrakes (1953)
- Work: At A Certain Church
- Nketia: Volta Fantasy
- Euba: Igbá Kerin - Àwon abàmi Eye
- Euba: Igbá Kìnní - Akèrègbè Baba Emu
- Pradel: Pomme Cannelle
- El-Dabh: Nim Nawakht
- Alberga: If the Silver Bird Could Speak
