The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers

$28.75

    SATB

  • Various
  • Editor: Marques L. A. Garrett

    • Choral Music • Choral Collection • Sacred

  • Level / Grade: Easy / Moderate

  • Accompaniment: Multiple accompaniment types
  • Format: Octavo / Choral Book

  • Catalog #: 9780193561007

    • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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  • 35 pieces for SATB choir, unaccompanied or with piano or organ

  • Mixture of sacred and secular works, including anthems, choral art songs, madrigals, motets, and part-songs.

  • Pieces from the Renaissance, Classical, and Romantic eras, in addition to the 20th and 21st centuries.

  • Several pieces published here for the first time

  • Features composers from a variety of nations, including Brazil, Canada, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States

  • Includes a general introduction, biographical information for each composer, and commentary for each piece, including editorial practice and source information where applicable

  • Playable piano reductions for rehearsal purposes, where needed

    • The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers is a landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented. This unique anthology seeks both to improve representation in the historical canon and to showcase the music of some of the best names in choral music today.

    Contents:
    • Hosanna to the Son of David (Adams)
    • Music of Life (Boykin)
    • O praise the Lord (Brown)
    • Burton (Burton)
    • Dona nobis pacem (Butler)
    • Psalm 131 (Carter)
    • The 100th Psalm (Coleman)
    • By the lone seashore (Coleridge-Taylor)
    • The Lord is my strength (Coleridge-Taylor)
    • Son of Mary (Dett)
    • Four Little Foxes (Furman)
    • Ave maris stella (Garcia)
    • Alleluia, angelus Domini (Garcia)
    • My heart be brave (Garrett)
    • The Gift to Sing (Geter)
    • God be merciful (Hailstork)
    • Bring me all your dreams (Harris, C. H.)
    • April Rain Song (Harris, R. A.)
    • Oh how can I keep from singing? (Harris, R. A.)
    • Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hurd)
    • As Joseph was a-walking (Kay)
    • How stands the glass around? (Kay)
    • Psalm 57 (King)
    • Emendemus in melius (Lusitano)
    • A few more years shall roll (Margetson)
    • See what love (McLin)
    • In Celebration (Moore, D. R.)
    • I, too (Moore, U. S.)
    • Song of our Savior (Perry)
    • Resignation (Price)
    • Magnificat (Robles)
    • Sanctus (Simon)
    • Rivers of Living Water (Weston)
    • The sun himself shall fade (Work)
    • We are the music makers (Wright)

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