Dr. Michael Cooper lecture at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Dr. Michael Cooper lecturer March 24, 2021 at the Royal Irish Academy of Music titled “Black Feminism, Margaret Bonds, and the ‘Credo’ of W.E.B. Du Bois” was recorded for posterity.
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…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…
New book on two of Margaret Bonds’s most important Civil Rights manifestos
Dr. Michael Cooper is authoring a book on two of Margaret Bonds’s most important Civil Rights manifestos — the “Montgomery Variations” (1964) and her setting of the W.E.B. Du Bois “Credo” (1965-67) for Cambridge University Press. The book will be part of the inaugural batch (six volumes) of the New Cambridge Music Handbooks series, edited…
No Man Has Seen His Face – Margaret Bonds Research Paper
Music researcher and professor Dr. Michael Cooper shared a paper about Margaret Bonds composition NO MAN HAS SEEN HIS FACE FOREWORD About the Composer Margaret Allison Bonds (1913-72) stands as one of the more remarkable composers in twentieth-century music – woman or man, Black or White. [1] Her mother was a musician who studied at Chicago Musical College;…
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…
Florence B. Price’s Seven Descriptive Pieces
Dr. Michael Cooper shared with MusicUNTOLD the following: NUMBER ONE OF 2021: I awoke this morning to find that my edition of Florence B. Price’s Seven Descriptive Pieces for Piano Solo (1927-28) has been published by G. Schirmer & Associated Music Publishers. That’s quicker than I expected, but hardly too quick considering that they’ve remained…
FLORENCE PRICE: SEVEN DESCRIPTIVE PIECES FOR PIANO SOLO
Dr. Michael Cooper shared the following information about Florence B Price seven pieces for piano solo with MusicUNTOLD. FLORENCE PRICE: SEVEN DESCRIPTIVE PIECES FOR PIANO SOLO Florence B. Price (1887-1953) achieved a level of renown that defied all expectations for an African American woman in her day.[1] Having studied at the New England Conservatory from 1903 to 1906,…
Newly discovered music by composer Margaret Bonds
Dr. Michael Cooper shares information and performances of newly discovered music by composer Margaret Bonds. Please see https://cooperm55.wixsite.com/jmc3/post/the-sound-of-peace?fbclid=IwAR18lZHwbxl4vopMy4YIOcTLN8nXFi8eF8KOkL_APndO8wzMj8n6s_2WZ5o
A BOUQUET of FLORENCE PRICE
Dr. Michael Cooper shared his blog A BOUQUET of FLORENCE PRICE with MusicUNTOLD. See https://cooperm55.wixsite.com/jmc3/post/a-bouquet-inspired-by-florence-b-price
Dr. Michael Cooper to speak on Margaret Bonds at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Cooper who shared the following: I’m honored and humbled to have been invited to speak on Margaret Bonds in the Royal Irish Academy of Music’s Guest Lecture Series on 24 March, 2021. The complete line-up is below. All the lectures are free (and virtual): 18 November 2020: Professor Stephen Emmerson (Queensland…