Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora - Volume 1
Early Intermediate
Expected to ship in 1-2 weeks.
- Composers: Florence Price, Isak Roux, Ulysses Kay, Nkeiru Okoye, Robert Mawuena Kwami, Halim El-Dabh, André Bangambula Vindu, Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, Christian Onyeji, Hale Smith, Valerie Capers
- Editor: William Chapman Nyaho
- Instrumentation: Piano
- ISBN:
- Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 48
Description
This first volume for advanced beginners offers a wonderful introduction to Ragtime and Jazz as well as syncopation and different articulations. The pieces range from light-hearted pieces like 'Kwela,' the Zulu term for dance, to soulful and spiritual pieces like 'Dusk.' This volume includes performance notes for each piece.
- Isak Roux: Kwela No. 1
- Ulysses Kay: Tender Thought
- Hale Smith: My Scarf is Yellow
- Nkeiru Okoye: Dusk
- Robert Mawuena Kwami: Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response
- Halik El-Dabh: Soufiane
- Hale Smith: Off-Beat Shorty
- Florence B. Price: Ticklin' Toes
- Valerie Capers: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll
- Nkeiru Okoye: Dancing Barefoot in the Rain
- Isak Roux: Lullaby
- Valerie Capers: The Monk
- Bangambula Vindu: Lullaby
- J. H. Kwabena Nketia: Builsa Work Song
- Christian Onyeji: Ufie III
Pieces
- Roux: Kwela No. 1
- Kay: Tender Thought
- H. Smith: My Scarf is Yellow
- Okoye: Dusk
- Kwami: Piano Piece No. 2 (Call and Response)
- El-Dabh: Soufiane
- H. Smith: Off-Beat Shorty
- Price: Ticklin' Toes
- Capers: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll
- Okoye: Dancing Barefoot in the Rain
- Roux: Lullaby
- Capers: The Monk
- Vindu: Lullaby
- Nketia: Builsa Work Song
- Onyeji: Ufie III