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William C. Banfield

Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers

Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers

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William C. Banfield's interviews with Black composers explore their lives, work, and challenges in the classical music industry. The book provides a candid self-portrait of the artists, drawing on sociology, Western art concepts, and vernacular musical forms to provide a frame for their achievements.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2023
Publisher: University of Illinois Press


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

Weight: 900g
Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780252086915

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