Reference Guide by Dominique-René de Lerma to 'Anthology - Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora by William Chapman Nyaho'

   

[William Chapman Nyaho: ASA, Piano Music by Composers of African Descent; MSR Classics 1242 (2008)]

Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com, has compiled a reference guide to works contained in Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, compiled and edited by Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, and published by Oxford University Press in five volumes.  We present an excerpt from the introduction to the guide, along with a few examples of entries.  The guide is available on the William Chapman Nyaho page at AfriClassical.com, in Section 10.  Prof. De Lerma begins with a description of the work of Dr. William Chapman Nyaho:

His five-volume anthology, Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, is a graded collection of music by two centuries of composers from Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, China, Canada, and the United States, and includs out-of-print classics as well as works never before published.  They offer the door to a new aesthetic with challenges for the venturesome novice as well as the concert artist.  

Because the concepts might be new to the teacher and student, this reference to the publication and CD recording may facilitate this introduction and provide repertoire innovations for the classroom, radio, and recital.  It should also provide a stimulus for the recording of new works.

 Nyaho, William H. Chapman.  Piano music of Africa and the African diaspora.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2007-2208.  Five volumes.  ISBN 978-0-19-386823-6.  Foreword by Dominique-René de Lerma, preface and biographical notes by William Chapman Nyaho.

Abdel-Rahim, Gamal, 1924-1988.  Egypt.
Variations on an Egyptian folksong.   vIIIn13. 
William Chapman Nyaho.  MSR 1091 (Senku; Piano Music by Composers of African Descent)
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Adams, H. Leslie, 1932-.  US.
12 etudes for piano. Etude, C-sharp minor.  vVn3.
Maria Corley.  Albany TROY 639 (2004).

Alberga, Eleanor, 1948-.  Jamaica-UK.
If the silver bird could speak.  vIIn17. 
Thalia Myers.  NMC 0057 (1999, Spectrum; 50 contemporary works for solo piano).