Three Songs on Poems by African-American Women-This beautiful art-song collection is names after Phillis Wheatley Americas first female African-American poet whose poems were an inspiration to George Washington and the other Founding Fathers. The seeds of her work in the 18th Century have nowstarted to grow and bloom today in a new way. Renowned African-American composer Rosephanye Powell has married her music to the poetry of other historical African-American women Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Angelina Weld Grimké Georgia DouglasJohnson for solo voice and piano. This collection makes a first and commanding statement both artistically and historically. For solo voices from high school and older.

Based on the African-American spiritual ?Ev?ry Time I Feel the Spirit? Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

Based on the African-American spiritual ?Ev?ry Time I Feel the Spirit? Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

Based on the African-American spiritual ?Ev?ry Time I Feel the Spirit? Feel the Spirit captures the essence of the traditional spiritual. These songs were created by African-Americans oppressed by slavery. A deeply religious people the slaves would use singing as an expression of both their enthusiastic joy and profound sadness. Feel the Spirit enables you to play a great gospel song with your band

This in an outstanding collection of twelve African-American spirituals arranged for upper voices. Rosephanye and William C. Powell have collaborated with some of the most talented and respected spiritual arrangers in the United States to deliver specially commissioned authentic settings. You'll find familiar melodies such as 'Deep River' and 'Somebody's knockin' at yo' do'' alongside lesser-known spirituals and a range of styles and moods extending from the aspirational to the celebratory. Many of the arrangements include a 'lead voice' part allowing the opportunity for solo singing and idiomatic piano parts support the voices for the accompanied spirituals; pianoreductions are included for the unaccompanied arrangements. This inspirational journey through the African-American spiritual tradition is sure to captivate and delight all upper-voice choirs.Arrangements in tow three or four parts'Lead Voice' parts for three arrangementsAccompanied and unaccompaniedPiano reductions for a capella arrangementsAuthentic arrangements by specialistsRange of styles and moods Edited by Rosephanye Powell and William C. PowellRosephanye Powell is a singer arranger and widely published composer. A graduate of the Florida State University Westminster Choir College and Alabama State University she has distinguished herself as a researcher and interpreter of the African-American spiritual. She has served as a consultant for nationally syndicated radio published articles on the subject and presented lectures and performances at high schools colleges universities music organizations and churches around the United States. Her spiritual arrangements have been commissioned by nationally and internationally recognized professional choral groups and conductors. She was appointed Professor of Voice at Auburn University in 2001.William C. Powell holds degrees from Alabama State University

Now your pre-Grade 1 band can honor these African-American heroes of World War II with their performance of TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. Carefully scored with very limited brass ranges and flute parts which avoid difficult fingering combinations it is playable by groups which have completed only a few pages of their first year method book. Your beginners will sound beyond their years as they honor the great Americans of THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.

This African American spiritual is a song of celebration anticipation freedom and hope. With references to the new Jerusalem as described by John the Revelator in the New Testament African American slaves could look forward to a heavenly landwhere they would no longer be bound by the bonds of servitude. Rhythmic and energized vocal lines are layered over the pulsing accompaniment for an excellent choral showcase.

Von Scott Joplin By Scott Joplin-“It’s never right to play Ragtime fast.”(Scott Joplin) Most listeners associate “ragtime” with the music of Scott Joplin one of the earliest African-American composers to straddle the divide between classical and popular music. It was Joplin who brought this musical style to the pinnacle of perfection. The term “ragtime” stems from “ragged time” and describes the contrast between the sprightly syncopated melodies in the right hand and the accentuated “oom-pah” bass in the left. This collection offers deeper insight into Joplin’s art a combination of folk music African rhythms andclassical piano music. Jean Kleeb has simplified the works and added fingering. Edition in celebration of Joplins’ 150th anniversary in 2018 7 typical and well-known pieces in their entirety Difficult passages are simplified With fingering

A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis-British journalist and writer Robert Tilling lovingly compiled this touching tribute to the great American Guitar genius Reverend Gary Davis. His enthusiasm for the Reverend's powerful music startedafter seeing him on his first UK concert tour in 1964.Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. His fingerpicking style was extremely influential; hisstudents in New York City in the 1960s included Stefan Grossman Roy Bookbinder Woody Mann and Ernie Hawkins. Davis' musical influence extends throughout modern American music from theGrateful Dead and Bob Dylan to Keb Mo and Olabelle. Chapters in this revised and updated biography include a detailed Chronology Discography Concert and Record Reviews quotations contributions from musicians and admirers as well as over 100 photographs.

from The Cry of Jeremiah-The Cry of Jeremiah a four movement work for choir and organ commissioned by the American Guild of Organists was a smashing success at its premiere in 2012. Hallelujah is the final movement from the work which works equally well with piano. Rosephanye's skill at merging the modern day African-American spiritual with traditional choral music is uncanny and very rewarding to sing.

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for their 2012 convention here is the first major work from the pen of Rosephanye Powell. With text from the Book of Jeremiah the four movements follow the prophet's feelings of abandonment and redemption by God. Powell combines this ancient text with music that draws simultaneously from the African American musical heritage as well as the classical music traditions.

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? is a traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan for SATB Choir a cappella. Rated intermediate/advanced level (Grades 6-8) and with a duration of less than 3 minutes this brief unique piece is the perfect addition to the choral repertoire. Part of the Choral Music Of Moses Hogan series.Moses Hogan was an American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his settings of African-American spirituals. Hogan was a pianist conductor and arranger of international renown. Today his works are celebrated and performed by high school college church community and professional choirs.

A signal event in the history of the music. ? Ted Gioia, author of The Delta BluesMusicologist and writer Samuel Charters (1929-2015) considered blues lyrics a profound cultural expression that could connect all people who love poetry. A pioneer in the exploration of world music, Charters conducted research that brought obscure musicians of the American South and Appalachia into the mainstream. In this landmark volume, the noted blues historian and folklorist presents a rich exploration of blues songs as folk poetry, quoting lyrics by such legends as Son House and Lightnin' Hopkins at length to reveal the depth of feeling and complex literary forms at work within a unique art form.Originally published in 1963, The Poetry of the Blues raised interest in many previously unrecognized aspects of African-American music and made a significant contribution to the blues revival of the 1960s. This volume features now-vintage black-and-white photographs by Ann Charters from the original edition.