Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Music in American Life)
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Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Music in American Life)

Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Music in American Life)

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William C. Banfield (Author) Michael Abels (Contributor) H. Leslie Adams (Contributor) Lettie Beckon Alston (Contributor) Thomas J Anderson (Contributor) Dwight Andrews (Contributor) Regina Harris Baiocchi (Contributor) David Baker (Contributor) William C. Banfield (Contributor) Ysaye Maria Barnwell (Contributor)  

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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 a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for the artists' achievements and help to illuminate the ongoing progress and struggles against industry barriers. Expanded illustrations and a new preface by the author provide invaluable added context, making this new edition an essential companion for anyone interested in Black composers or contemporary classical music. Composers featured: Michael Abels, H. Leslie Adams, Lettie Beckon Alston, Thomas J. Anderson, Dwight Andrews, Regina Harris Baiocchi, David Baker, William C. Ban?eld, Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Billy Childs, Noel DaCosta, Anthony Davis, George Duke, Leslie Dunner, Donal Fox, Adolphus Hailstork, Jester Hairston, Herbie Hancock, Jonathan Holland, Anthony Kelley, Wendell Logan, Bobby McFerrin, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Jeffrey Mumford, Gary Powell Nash, Stephen Newby, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Michael Powell, Patrice Rushen, George Russell, Kevin Scott, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, Hale Smith, Billy Taylor, Frederick C. Tillis, George Walker, James Kimo Williams, Julius Williams, Tony Williams, Olly Wilson, and Michael Woods 20 color photographs, 95 black & white photographs CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
William C. Banfield is a composer, jazz performer, and professor emeritus and the founding director of the Africana Studies Center at the Berklee College of Music. His books include Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy and Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age.
  • Contributor: William C. Banfield
  • Imprint: University of Illinois Press
  • ISBN13: 9780252086915
  • Number of Pages: 432
  • Packaged Dimensions: 178x254x28mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Release Date: 2023-02-21
  • Series: Music in American Life
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: William C. Banfield is a composer, jazz performer, and professor emeritus and the founding director of the Africana Studies Center at the Berklee College of Music. His books include Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy and Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age.

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