Arise and Shine: 28 Piano Solos by Black Composers
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Description
The Arise and Shine piano collection presents a luminous tapestry of piano works by Black composers, designed to awaken the imagination of the performer while honoring a legacy too often overlooked. Compiled by Leah Claiborne and Ben Reznick, all the pieces are also featured in a similarly-titled album. Composers include Florence Price, Valerie Capers, Francis Johnson, Oswald Russell, Ulysses Kay, Irene Britton Smith, Nora Douglas Holt, Zenobia Perry, Kevin Day, Hale Smith, Innocent Okechukwu, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Contents
1. Nocturne
2. Popcorn
3. Meditation
4. Make Believe
5. The Sun Will Shine Again
6. What A Beautiful City
7. That's Mike
8. Fort Erie
9. The King's Magic Drum
10. The Unsung
11. At The Cotton Gin
12. Negro Dance
13. Three-Fours Suite (Op. 71 No. 1)
14. The Gnat And The Bee
15. The Old Boatman
16. Rabbit Foot
17. A Sachem's Pipe
18. Ella Scats The Little Lamb
19. Waltz For Miles
20. Dave's Blues
21. Dinosaur
22. The Turtle
23. Woodpecker
24. Rocking Chair
25. Prelude No. 3
26. Prelude No. 4
27. Jamaican Dance No. 1
28. Jamaican Dance No. 2