Towards an African pianism
Subtitle: keyboard music of Africa and the diaspora
By: ed. by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin and Akin Euba
Publisher: MRI Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Point Richmond, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780962747366
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Keyboard instrument music; History and criticism; Piano music; African influences
Other titles: Keyboard music of Africa and the diaspora
Notes: Includes essays, musical scores, and sound recordings.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: v.1: Essays. Is African pianism possible? / Kofi Agawu; title: Conceptualizing 'African pianism' / Paul Konte; title: Halim El-Dabn on African pianism; title: Introducing al-Biyanu: a first survey of oral tradition pianism in North Africa / Linda Burman-Hall; title: Abdullah Ibrahim and 'African pianism' in South Africa / Christine Lucia; title: An African American composer's view of African connections / Ed Bland; title: Is it the righ pitch or the right temperament? Comments from Ed Bland / Mike Wright; title: African pianism in Abakadde abaagalana be balima akambugu / Justinian Tamusuza; title: Some comments on my piano piece French suite / Michael Blake; title: African pianism: the problem of tonality and atonality / Joshua Uzoigwe; title: Themes from Chaka no. 1: a pianistic realization of African polyrhythm / Akin Euba; title: Towards a theory of African painism: a study of the piano works of Akin Euba / Bode Omojola; title: National identity through African pianism: the works of Kwabena Nketia and Gyimah Labi of Ghana / George Dor; title: The microcosm of the macrocosm depicted in Halim El-Dabn's 'Mekta in the art of kita' / Denise Seachrist; title: Whose white man sleeps? Analyzing the keyboard music of Kevin Volans by speculating on African connections to the world on the terrain of culture / Martin Scherzinger; title: v.2: Scores. Spectrum no. 1: symphonies in sonic vibration (1957) (piano and derabucca version) / Halim El-Dabn; title: French suite (1994) / Michael Blake; title: Abakadde abaagalana be balima akambugu = Mutual lovers are always successful (1995) for soprano, tenor, and piano / Justinian Tamusuza; title: Themes from Chaka no. 1 (1996) / Akin Euba; title: Hallelujah games for piano 4 hands (1997) / Amy Rubin; title: Masanga for two pianos (1998) / Martin Scherzinger; title: Dance of the honey monkey (1999) / Eric Moe; title: African miniature songs without words, books I & II for piano (2003) / Paul Konye; title: American progressions (2003) / Amy Rubin; title: disc 1. Dagarti work song ; Buisa work song ; Dagomba ; Libation ; Volta fantasy / J.H. Kwabena Nketia; title: Themes from Chaka no. 1 / Akin Euba; title: Dance of the honey monkey / Eric Moe; title: Lustra variations / Joshua Uzoigwe; title: Homage a Scriabin ; Sharpeville 1960 ; Duo Napolitain (Naples street) ; Valse musette ; Last spring ; Scherzino / Andres Wheatley; title: Anger and jubilation / Mark Boozer; title: The village children at play ; Dusk / Nkeiru Okoye; title: American progressions / Amy Rubin; title: disc 2. African miniature songs without words, book I / Paul Konye; title: Three preludes / Wallace Cheatham; title: Themes from Chaka 2 / Akin Euba; title: Three magnolia fantasies. Buddy's path ; Fast blues on the wall / Gary Nash; title: Piano piece no. 6 ; January dance / Robert Kwami; title: Agbigbo / Joshua Uzoigwe.