The Expanding the Repertoire series aims to bring previously unsung piano literature to students and teachers for memorable discoveries. This early intermediate to intermediate level volume features music of Black composers in progressive order, and includes pedagogical notes by Leah Claiborne, an expert in the field.
CONTENTS: FRANCIS JOHNSON: Fort Erie • ULYSSES KAY: Make Believe • March Song • ESTELLE RICKETTS: Rippling Spring Waltz • CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES: Adagio in F minor • IGNATIUS SANCHO: All of One Mind • HALE SMITH: The Broken Saxophone • That’s Mike • BLANCHE K. THOMAS: Selections from Plantation Songs in Easy Arrangements: Go Tell It On the Mountain • I Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No More • I’m Rollin’ Thro’ an Unfriendly World • I’ve Got a Robe • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot • Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
