Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater and Popular Songs

Rediscovering Margaret Bonds: Art Songs, Spirituals, Musical Theater and Popular Songs. Louise Toppin, Editor Videmus African American Art Song Series. 250 pages. Sole Distributor: Classical Vocal Reprints, CVR5268. $55.00. https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Rediscovering-Margaret-Bonds-Art-Songs-Spirituals-Musical-Theater-and-Popular-Songs-401530.html?fbclid=IwAR3srA-xpTZUN9cdud31fc7RkGQpgO11AXKffMGihf2SF-cEqpUPE4AXZow

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Dr. Michael Cooper uncover Florence Price’s PRELUDES set for PIANO

Dr. Michael Cooper uncover Florence Price’s PRELUDES set for PIANO Florence B. Price (1887-1953) PRELUDES for Piano edited by John Michael Cooper   CONTENTS     Foreword and Critical Report………………………………………………………………………………. iii   Preludes………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 No. 1. Allegro moderato……………………………………………………………………………. 1 No. 2. Andantino cantabile………………………………………………………………………… 5 No. 3. Allegro molto…………………………………………………………………………………. 9 No. 4 [“Wistful”]. Allegretto con tenerezza…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…

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Open Ears/Staff blog: The Resurrection of Florence Price

  Saturday Feb 6, 2021, while listening to Florence Price Violin Concert #2 at 91.5 FM KUSC Classical Radio- Rich Capparela show, I enjoyed reading 2/12/2018 Open Ears/Staff blog: The Resurrection of Florence Price by Gail Eichenthal https://www.kusc.org/culture/staff-blog/open-ears/open-ears-florence-b-price/. See pic of Florence Price at the piano, 1941 Photo: Arkansas Educational Television Network.

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NAACP IMAGE AWARDS

NAACP IMAGE AWARDS continue to exclude excellence in classical music by composers and artists of African descent. See prior MusicUNTOLD blog https://musicuntold.com/index.php/naacp-image-awards/ and current NAACP nominations https://deadline.com/2021/02/naacp-image-awards-nominations-2021-1234685220/?fbclid=IwAR3mbj6aHG20llhvxGi-rBDKPTA1_Oqr1XEUehmiVe8fKXaHNGjgFmi4IE4. Also see Youtube performance of soprano Latonia Moore during Metropolitan Opera staging of Porgy & Bess. The Metropolitan Opera cast recording of PORGY & BESS is nominated for…

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COMPOSING FREEDOM: On Performers’ and Listeners’ Rediscovery of Florence Price’s Clouds (ca. 1947)

Music researcher and professor Dr. Michael Cooper shared information and performances of composer Florence Price music as follows:   COMPOSING FREEDOM: On Performers’ and Listeners’ Rediscovery of Florence Price’s Clouds (ca. 1947) LIKE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY of the more than three hundred and seventy pieces that Florence B. Price (1887-1953) is known to…

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‘SYMPHONY of BROTHERHOOD’

  The  January 6, 2021 storming of the US Capitol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol was diametrically opposite to August 28,1963  March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom MusicUNTOLD, the event production arm of the Long Beach Central Area Association, produced an August 18, 2013 concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at Zipper Hall-Colburn School, Los Angeles titled…

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“Symphony of Brotherhood Concert” 2014

  January 18, 2021 is Martin Luther King Jr. day. MusicUNTOLD has produced multiple concerts honoring the legacy of Dr. King including “Symphony of Brotherhood Concert” (classical music commemorating the Anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots on April 25, 2014 at Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles featuring performance by the Colorado Mesa University Piano…

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