Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990)

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More than twenty selections from a wide variety of composers – from early 20th Century composers such as Florence Price and Margaret Bonds to more contemporary composers such as Tania León. An unparalleled resource.

Also:

Arise and Shine 28 Piano Solos By Black Composers

Expanding the Repertoire: Piano Music of Black Composers

Four Early 20th Century Piano Suites By Black Composers

Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990)

Alternatively:

Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers

The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers

Black Women Composers: Twentieth Century Music for Piano & Strings (Violin, Cello and Piano 

Rippling Spring Waltz – Estelle Ricketts
Cuban Liberty – Anna Goodwin
Mother’s Sacrifice – L. Viola Kinney
Prayer Before Battle from Four Moorish Pictures, an Eastern Suite – Amanda Aldridge
Fantasie Negre (No. 1 in e minor) – Florence B. Price
Nite Life – Mary Lou Williams
Prelude for Piano – Julia Perry
Before I’d Be a Slave – Undine Smith Moore
Spring Intermezzo – Betty Jackson King
Fortune Favored the Bold Player – Philippa Duke Schuyler
Prelude No. 1: ‘Sorpresa’ (‘Surprise’) – Tania León
Prelude No. 2: ‘Pecera’ (‘Aquarium’) – Tania León
Troubled Water – Margaret Bonds
A Summer Day – Lena Johnson McLin
Blues for ‘The Duke’ – Valerie Capers
A Taste of Bass – Valerie Capers
Billie’s Song – Valerie Capers
Etude No. 2 – Regina A. Harris Baiocchi
A Little Whimsy – Dorothy Rudd Moore
A Summer Afternoon in South Carolina – Joyce Solomon
Prankster – Mable Bailey
Homage – Zenobia Powell Perry