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Following the pattern established with his pioneering works
String Music of Black Composers and
Woodwind Music of Black Composers, Aaron Horne now presents a comparable work for the piano and related instruments (such as accordion, harpsichord, and organ). Composers from Africa as well as the Diaspora are covered in this volume, the most comprehensive work on the topic yet published.
Organized in alphabetical order by composer, each of the more than 200 entries provides information, where available, on the composer's life and career, and then details all works that include piano as well as information about commission, premiere, and composer bibliography and discography. The volume includes a keyboard music index as well as a general discography and a bibliography. This work should prove invaluable for scholars examining the impact of Black composers on music and dance, and it will be equally valuable to those devising repertoire for teaching and concert purposes.
List of contents
Key to Publishers, Collections, and Manuscripts
Biographical Background and a Bibliography of Composers of African Ancestry and Their Keyboard Music
African Composers
African American Composers
Afro-European Composers
Afro-Latino Composers
Keyboard Music Index
Keyboard Solos (Unaccompanied)
Two Instruments
Three Instruments
Four Instruments (Keyboard with Other Instruments)
Five Instruments
Six Instruments Including Keyboard
Seven Instruments Including Keyboard
Eight Instruments Including Keyboard
Nine Instruments Including Keyboard
Ten Instruments Including Keyboard
Eleven Instruments Including Keyboard
Twelve Instruments Including Keyboard
Keyboard with Woodwinds
Keyboard with Brass
Keyboard with Percussion
Keyboard with Strings
Keyboard with Band
Keyboard with Orchestra
Keyboard with Choir
Keyboard and Voice in Chamber Ensemble
Keyboard with Jazz Group
Keyboard with Tape/Electronic Sounds
Discography
About the author
AARON HORNE is Professor of Music at Northeastern Illinois University. He is presently on leave, serving as Interim Chair, Department of African American Studies, Western Illinois University. Among his earlier publications are Woodwind Music of Black Composers, String Music of Black Composers, and Keyboard Music of Black Composers (Greenwood Press, 1990, 1991, and 1992 respectively).
