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Summary:

"The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers is a landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented. This unique anthology seeks both to improve representation in the historical canon and to showcase the music of some of the best names in choral music today" --Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Hosanna to the son of David / H. Leslie Adams
• Music of life / B. E. Boykin
• O praise the Lord / Uzee Brown, Jr.
• A prayer / Ken Burton
• The 100th psalm / Charles D. Coleman
• Dona nobis pacem / Mark Butler
• Psalm 131 / Nathan Carter
• By the lone seashore ; The Lord is my strength / Samurl Coleridge-Taylor
• Son of Mary / R. Nathaniel Dett
• Four little foxes / James Furman
• Ave maris stella ; Alleluia, angelus Domini / José Maurício Nunse Garcia
• My heart be brave / Marques L. A. Garrett
• The gift to sing / Damien Geter
• God be merciful / Adolphus Hailstork
• Bring me all your dreams / Christopher H. Harris
• April rain song ; Oh, how can I keep from singing? / Robert A. Harris
• Ecce sacerdos magnus / David Hurd
• As Joseph was a-walking ; How stands the glass around? / Ulysses S. Kay
• Psalm 57 / Betty Jackson King
• Emendemus in melius / Vicente Lusitano

• A few more years shall roll / Edward Margetson
• In celebration / Dorothy Rudd Moore
• I, too, / Undine Smith Moore
• See what love / Lena J. McLin
• Song of our savior / Julia Perry
• Resignation / Florence Price
• Sanctus / Carlos Simon
• Magnificat / Zanaida Stewart Robles
• Rivers of living water / Trevor Weston
• The sun himself shall fade / John W. Work, III
• We are the music makers / Reginal Wright.

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Contributors:

Garrett, Marques L. A., 1984- , editor, writer of introduction

Thomas, André J. (André Jerome), 1952- , writer of foreword

Adams, Leslie, 1932-

Boykin, B. E., 1989-

Brown, Uzee

Burton, Ken

Coleman, Charles D., 1926-1991

Butler, Mark (Composer)

Carter, Nathan

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943

Furman, James, 1937-1989

Garcia, José Maurício Nunes, 1767-1830

Geter, Damien, 1980-

Hailstork, Adolphus C.

Harris, Christopher H., 1985-

Harris, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1938-

Hurd, David, 1950-

Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995

King, Betty Jackson, 1928-1994

Lusitano, Vicente, active 16th century

Margetson, Edward, 1891-1962

Moore, Dorothy Rudd, 1940-2022

Moore, Undine S.

McLin, Lena, 1928-2023

Perry, Julia, 1924-1979

Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1986-

Price, Florence, 1887-1953

Robles, Zanaida

Weston, Trevor, 1967-

Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967

Wright, Reginal

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

English and Latin words.
Staff notation.

Included Works:

Hosanna to the Son of David [by Adams, L.]

Music of life [by Boykin, B.E.]

O praise the Lord [by Brown, U.]

Prayer [by Burton, K.]

100th Psalm [by Coleman, C.D.]

Dona nobis pacem [by Butler, M.]

Psalm 131 [by Carter, N.]

By the lone seashore [by Coleridge-Taylor, S.]

Lord is my strength [by Coleridge-Taylor, S.]

Son of Mary [by Dett, R.N.]

Little foxes [by Furman, J.]

Ave maris stella [by Garcia, J.M.N.] (Vocal score)

Alleluia, angelus Domini [by Garcia, J.M.N.] (Vocal score)

My heart be brave [by Garrett, M.L.A.]

Gift to sing [by Geter, D.]

God be merciful [by Hailstork, A.C.]

Bring me all your dreams [by Harris, C.H.]

April rain song [by Harris, R.A.]

Oh, how can I keep from singing? [by Harris, R.A.]

Ecce sacerdos magnus [by Hurd, D.]

As Joseph was a-walking [by Kay, U.]

How stands the glass around [by Kay, U.]

Psalm 57 [by King, B.J.]

Emendemus in melius [by Lusitano, V.]

Few more years shall roll [by Margetson, E.]

In celebration [by Moore, D.R.]

I, too [by Moore, U.S.]

See what love [by McLin, L.]

Song of our Savior [by Perry, J.]

Sanctus [by Simon, C.]

Resignation [by Price, F.]

Magnificat [by Robles, Z.]

Rivers of living water [by Weston, T.]

Sun himself shall fade [by Work, J.W.]

We are the music makers [by Wright, R.]

Subjects:

Music by Black composers

Music by African American composers

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with piano

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Genres:

Psalms

Musical settings

Scores

Vocal scores

Songs

Anthems

Chorales

Madrigals (Music)

Motets

Part songs

Sacred music

Art music

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATB]
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATB]; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATB]; organ

General Notes:

This volume contains 35 pieces for SATB choir, unaccompanied or with piano or organ. Sacred and secular works from throughout the centuries are included. Several of the pieces are published here for the first time.
Foreword by André J. Thomas, introduction by the editor and a commentary in English.
Duration of each piece given at foot of first page.

Physical Description:

1 score (viii, 280 pages) ; 26 cm

Call Numbers:

M1495 .O94 2023

ISBNs:

9780193561007 (paperback)
019356100X (paperback)
0193561018 (spiral bound)
9780193561014 (spiral bound)

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 9780193561014

OCLC Numbers:

1369586423