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Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora.(Book review)
Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Volume 3, compiled and edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2008. www.us.oup.com; (800) 451-7556); 56 pp., $19.95. Early advanced.
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Volume 3 is a diverse and attractive collection. It provides brief biographies of the composers about whom we need to learn more, offers useful performance notes and provides information on recordings.
Pianistic styles evidence a melange of dramatic scenes: "Take Me Back" by John Work becomes more than a tango, and requires careful voicing as one negotiates syncopations and dynamic contrasts. African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's massive arrangement of "Deep River" tests the extremes of volume control. Wallace Cheatham combines "Didn't it Rain" with "God Put a Rainbow in the Sky" and comes away with an imaginative hands-full "boy" piece.
On the other hand, rhythmic subtlety characterizes: "La Dangereuse," a saucy Haitian meringue by Ludovic Lamothe; "Jamaican Dance" by Oswald Russell, requiring capable hand independence; Russell's impressionistic "Papillons"; and the clever ostinato "Cuckoo" by Howard Swanson.
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