Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations and Du Bois Credo

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Margaret Bonds's societal mission and the Montgomery variations; 2. Hope, divine benevolence, and the Montgomery variations; 3. The text and music of the credo; 4. Interpreting the credo in context.

About the author

John Michael Cooper is Professor of Music at Southwestern University. He is the author of the first book-length biography of Margaret Bonds (forthcoming), the Historical Dictionary of Romantic Music (2nd ed. 2023), and three books on Felix Mendelssohn, as well as editor of numerous compositions by Bonds and Florence Price.

Product details

• Authors: John Michael Cooper, John Michael (Southwestern University Cooper, Cooper John Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009054577
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0905457-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: New Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / General, History of Music, United States of America, USA, c 1954 to c 1968 (era of the American Civil Rights Movement), Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Relating to African American / Black American people