Nyaho - Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora: Complete Edition

All five volumes of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora are presented together in a clothbound edition for easier accessibility. This comprehensive volume is ideal for university and college libraries and includes three new advanced pieces by composers living in Egypt, the US, and Guadeloupe.

Contents

Foreword

A Note From the Publisher

Preface

Composer Biographies

Performance Notes

Acknowledgements

Volume 1 (Early Intermediate)

• 1. Kwela No. 1, Isak Roux
• 2. Tender Thought, Ulysses Kay
• 3. My Scarf is Yellow, Hale Smith
• 4. Dusk, Nkeiru Okoye
• 5. Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response, Robert Mawuena Kwami
• 6. Soufiane, Halim El-Dabh
• 7. Off-Beat Shorty, Hale Smith
• 8. Ticklin' Toes, Florence B. Price
• 9. Sweet Mister Jelly Roll, Valerie Capers
• 10. Dancing Barefoot in the Rain, Nkeiru Okoye
• 11. Lullaby, Isak Roux
• 12. The Monk, Valerie Capers
• 13. Lullaby, Bangambula Vindu
• 14. Builsa Work Song, J. H. Kwabena Nketia
• 15. Ufie III, Christian Onyeji

Volume 2 (Intermediate)

• 16. Lament in Tremelo Form, Laurindo Almeida
• 17. Invention No. 2, Ulysses Kay
• 18. Honey, R. Nathaniel Dett
• 19. Nigerian Dance No. 1, Joshua Uzoigwe
• 20. Prelude No. 1 'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho', Wallace M. Cheatham
• 21. Prelude No. 2 'Poor Mourner's Got A Home', Wallace M. Cheatham
• 22. Oga, Christian Onyeji
• 23. Preludio Cubano, Amadeo Roldan y Gardes
• 24. Silk Hat and Walking Cane, Florence B. Price
• 25. At a Certain Church, John W. Work III
• 26. Volta Fantasy, J. H. Kwabena Nketia
• 27. Igba Kerin - Awon Abami Eye, Akin Euba
• 28. Igba Kinni - Akeregbe Baba Emu, Akin Euba
• 29. Pomme Cannelle, Alain Pierre Pradel
• 30. Basseet, Halim El-Dabh
• 31. Nim Nawakht, Halim El-Dabh
• 32. If the Silver Bird Could Speak, Eleanor Alberga

Volume 3 (Early Advanced)

• 33. Take Me Back, John W. Work III
• 34. Deep River, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• 35. La Dangereuse, Ludovic Lamothe
• 36. Juba Dance, R. Nathaniel Dett
• 37. Jamaican Dance No. 2, Oswald Russell
• 38. Didn't It Rain, Wallace McClain Cheatham
• 39. The Cuckoo, Howard Swanson
• 40. Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1, Akin Euba
• 41. Scherzino, Andres Wheatley
• 42. Nimble Feet, Florence B. Price
• 43. Cell Phone Blues, Ed Bland
• 44. Papillons, Oswald Russell
• 45. Variations on an Egyptian Folksong, Gamal Abdel-Rahim

Volume 4 (Advanced)

• 46. Prelude and Caprice, George Walker
• 47. Ukom, Joshua Uzoigwe
• 48. Flowers in the Sand, Bongani Ndodana-Breen
• 49. Coma Dance, Halim El-Dabh
• 50. Troubled Water, Margaret Bonds
• 51. Toccata, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• 52. The Lotus, Gyimah Labi
• Volume 5 (Advanced)
• 53. The Bamboula, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
• 54. Humoresque No. 1, Oswald Russell
• 55. Etude in C# Minor, H. Leslie Adams
• 56. Afro Arab Blues, Ali Osman
• 57. Township Guitar, Isak Roux
• 58. Egwu Amala, Joshua Uzoigwe
• 59. Rhapsody No. 4, Lettie Beckon Alston
• 60. Tumbling Dance, Martin Scherzinger

Appendice (Advanced)

• 61. Zone Blue, Ed Bland
• 62. Le Chateau de Cendre, Alain Pierre Pradel
• 63. Longa Nahawand, Riad Abdel-Gawad

 

 

Pages: 336
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press