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- 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), Eleanor Alberga (1949-), Halim El-Dabh (1921-2017), Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019), Christian Onyeji
- Instrumentation: Piano
- Binding:
- ISBN: 9780193868236
- Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
- Pages: 64
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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
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