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

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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 an exclusive cano...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banfield, William C., 1961- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
African American composers > Interviews.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Music > United States > History and criticism.
African American composers.
African Americans > Music.
Music.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews.
Music criticism and reviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Music criticism and reviews.
Physical Description:xlvi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, music ; 26 cm.
Variant Title:
Conversations with Black American composers
Format: Book
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 ; Anthoony 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.