Music Composition

Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers

William Banfield

A sequel to the award-winning The Black Composer Speaks (Scarecrow Press, 1978), this exploration of the creative world of African American composers traces the lives and careers of 40 talented individuals and, in their own words, provides perspectives on a world that has been slow to recognize their remarkable contributions to classical music.

Each chapter is devoted to an individual composer, who discusses his or her musical training, compositional techniques and style, and the composer's personal philosophy as reflected in his or her music.

Chapters:
1. Laying the foundations
2. 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
3. Arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945) Adolphus Hailstork, Wendell Logan, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Olly Wilsonr
4. 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 r
5. Composer as conductor and composer Leslie Dunner, Bobby McFerrin, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Patrice Rushen, Kevin Scott, Julius Williamsr
6. 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 Williamsr
7. Postludes, extensions of the tradition - linkages and canon

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