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

Book 76 of 85: Music in American Life

Banfield, William C.

 
9780252044823: Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Music in American Life)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0252044827 ISBN 13: 9780252044823
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2023

Synopsis

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. Banfield, 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

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About the Author

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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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252044827
ISBN 13 
9780252044823
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
432

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9780252086915: Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers (Music in American Life)

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ISBN 10:  0252086910 ISBN 13:  9780252086915
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2023
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