(African Noel and Siyahamba). By Ruth Elaine Schram. For 3-part mixed choir (SAB) and piano (with optional percussion). Christmas, Multicultural. Octavo

(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs 9x12 Spiral Bound). Edited by Annie Patterson and Peter Blood. For Vocal. Vocal. Softcover. 304 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Stephen Foster (1826-1864). Arranged by Audrey Snyder. Choral. African-American, American, Concert, Folk, RandB, Spiritual. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 180 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings, introductory text, biographical sketches of composers and glossary of musical terms. 20th century. 238 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press.

With African Noel. Composed by African Folksong South African Folk Song. Arranged by Catherine Delanoy. Sws. OCTAVO. 16 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 3 seconds. BriLee Music #BL1088. Published by BriLee Music

Arranged by Cristi Cary Miller. (3 Part Any Combination). Discovery Choral. Size 6.7x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Lon Beery / Elisa Dekaney. Traditional Brazilian Folk Song. Octavo. Duration 2 minutes. BriLee Music #BL952. Published by BriLee Music (CF.BL952).

Arranged by Ruth Morris Gray. Choir Secular. For with Opt. African Percussion (Women's Choir). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Folk; Multicultural. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.140401330

Composed by R. Nathaniel Dett. Edited by Lara Downes. 32 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #140-40133. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.140401330).

ISBN 9781491134412. UPC: 680160684939.

Nathaniel Dett was among America’s leading composers in the early 20th century, and MAGNOLIA SUITE is a beautiful example of his rich, hybrid style. Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Dett’s piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic titles and raw emotion. It is notable for melody writing inspired by and paraphrasing African-American song. The 18-minute MAGNOLIA SUITE contains five movements, any of which may also be performed separately. This edition by Lara Downes provides a clean, new engraving that corrects the many errors and unclear indications appearing in the historical printing.
Robert Nathaniel Dett was born in a place that was built on freedom. The little village of Drummondville, Ontario was founded by enslaved Africans – Dett’s ancestors among them – who traveled the Underground Railroad out of the American South into Canada. Their journey brought them to a safe haven, a place where fortunes and futures could be transformed in the span of one generation, to lives full of new possibilities. You could call it “the place where the rainbow ends,” which is the title of the last movement of Dett’s Magnolia Suite.When Dett wrote these pieces, he was a young teacher at Lane College in Tennessee, a historically Black college that had been founded in 1882, the year of his birth. A place built on freedom, with the purpose of educating newly-emancipated slaves – a place designed to nurture the blossoming of ideas, the vibrant flowering of minds set free. This music is inspired by the gorgeous splendor of the magnolia blooms on that college campus, and also by the shared histories, experiences, and aspirations of the community that Dett found there.These five pieces pay affectionate tribute to lineage and legacy. They express gratitude for the bittersweet beauties of the present; nostalgia for the past (a bit romanticized, as the past always is); and an effervescent optimism for the future that awaits us in the place where the rainbow ends.

By Victor C. Johnson. For SSA choir, piano (with optional percussion). Concert, Multicultural. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press

From Harriet. By Cynthia Erivo. By Cynthia Echeumuna- Erivo and Joshuah Campbell. Arranged by Mac Huff. Secular Christmas Choral. African-American, Concert, Gospel, Movies, Multicultural, Pop, Show Choir. Octavo. 20 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Traditional Spiritual. Arranged by Rollo Dilworth. Henry Leck Creating Artistry. African-American, Christmas, Concert, General Worship, Sacred, Spiritual, Traditional. Octavo. 20 pages. Duration 225 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard