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Musical landscapes in color : conversations with Black American composers / William C. Banfield.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Music in American lifePublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xlvi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, music ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • notated music
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780252044823
  • 0252044827
  • 9780252086915
  • 0252086910
Other title:
  • Conversations with Black American composers
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Preface: Black Beethovens -- In loving memory -- Laying the foundations -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 1 (1922-1936) : H. Leslie Adams ; Thomas J. Anderson ; David Baker ; Noel DaCosta ; George Russell ; Hale Smith ; Frederick C. Tillis ; George Walker -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945) : Adolphus Hailstork ; Wendell Logan ; Dorothy Rudd Moore ; Olly Wilson -- Perspectives on spirituality, jazz, and contemporary popular languages : Dwight Andrews ; Ysaye Maria Barnwell ; Billy Childs ; George Duke ; Jester Hairston ; Herbie Hancock ; Stephen Newby ; Michael Powell ; Billy Taylor ; Tony Williams ; Michael Woods -- The composer as conductor and composer : Leslie Dunner ; Bobby McFerrin ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ; Patrice Rushen ; Kevin Scott ; Julius Williams -- Generation X and beyond (1950-1965) : Michael Abels ; Lettie Beckon Alston ; William C. Banfield ; Regina Harris Baiocchi ; Anthony Davis ; Donal Fox ; Jonathan Holland ; Anthony Kelley ; Jeffrey Mumford ; Gary Powell Nash ; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton ; James Kimo Williams -- Postlude: Extensions of the tradition--linkages and canon.
Summary: "Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield's acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in an exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for the artists' achievements and help to illuminate the ongoing progress and struggles against industry barriers. Expanded illustrations and a new preface by the author provide invaluable added context, making this new edition an essential companion for anyone interested in Black composers or contemporary classical music"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 780.8996 B215 Available 33111009478690
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Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield's acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for the artists' achievements and help to illuminate the ongoing progress and struggles against industry barriers. Expanded illustrations and a new preface by the author provide invaluable added context, making this new edition an essential companion for anyone interested in Black composers or contemporary classical music.

Composers featured: Michael Abels, H. Leslie Adams, Lettie Beckon Alston, Thomas J. Anderson, Dwight Andrews, Regina Harris Baiocchi, David Baker, William C. Banfield, Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Billy Childs, Noel DaCosta, Anthony Davis, George Duke, Leslie Dunner, Donal Fox, Adolphus Hailstork, Jester Hairston, Herbie Hancock, Jonathan Holland, Anthony Kelley, Wendell Logan, Bobby McFerrin, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Jeffrey Mumford, Gary Powell Nash, Stephen Newby, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Michael Powell, Patrice Rushen, George Russell, Kevin Scott, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, Hale Smith, Billy Taylor, Frederick C. Tillis, George Walker, James Kimo Williams, Julius Williams, Tony Williams, Olly Wilson, and Michael Woods

"With a new preface and illustrations."

Reprint. Originally published: Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Includes index.

Preface: Black Beethovens -- In loving memory -- Laying the foundations -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 1 (1922-1936) : H. Leslie Adams ; Thomas J. Anderson ; David Baker ; Noel DaCosta ; George Russell ; Hale Smith ; Frederick C. Tillis ; George Walker -- The arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945) : Adolphus Hailstork ; Wendell Logan ; Dorothy Rudd Moore ; Olly Wilson -- Perspectives on spirituality, jazz, and contemporary popular languages : Dwight Andrews ; Ysaye Maria Barnwell ; Billy Childs ; George Duke ; Jester Hairston ; Herbie Hancock ; Stephen Newby ; Michael Powell ; Billy Taylor ; Tony Williams ; Michael Woods -- The composer as conductor and composer : Leslie Dunner ; Bobby McFerrin ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ; Patrice Rushen ; Kevin Scott ; Julius Williams -- Generation X and beyond (1950-1965) : Michael Abels ; Lettie Beckon Alston ; William C. Banfield ; Regina Harris Baiocchi ; Anthony Davis ; Donal Fox ; Jonathan Holland ; Anthony Kelley ; Jeffrey Mumford ; Gary Powell Nash ; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton ; James Kimo Williams -- Postlude: Extensions of the tradition--linkages and canon.

"Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield's acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in an exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for the artists' achievements and help to illuminate the ongoing progress and struggles against industry barriers. Expanded illustrations and a new preface by the author provide invaluable added context, making this new edition an essential companion for anyone interested in Black composers or contemporary classical music"--Provided by publisher.

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