Arise and Shine: 28 Piano Solos by Black Composers - Popplers Music
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The Arise and Shine piano collection presents a luminous tapestry of piano works by Black composers, designed to awaken the imagination of the performer while honoring a legacy too often overlooked. Compiled by Leah Claiborne and Ben Raznick, all the pieces are also featured in a similarly-titled album. Composers include Florence Price, Valerie Capers, Francis Johnson, Oswald Russell, Ulysses Kay, Irene Britton Smith, Nora Douglas Holt, Zenobia Perry, Kevin Day, Hale Smith, Innocent Okechukwu, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Dimensions
NEW!
SKU
01975896
Arranger
Claiborne, Leah
Voicing
Piano
Level
Early Adv
Manufacturer
Hal Leonard
Barcode
196288367840

The Unsung (Leah Claiborne)
Waltz for Miles (Valerie Capers)
What a Beautiful City (Spiritual, arr. Artina McCain)
Woodpecker (Innocent Okechukwu)
The Turtle (Innocent Okechukwu)
Three-Fours Suite: No. 1 (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
That's Mike (Hale Smith)
The Sun Will Shine Again (Kevin Day)
A Sachem's Pipe (Florence Price)
Rocking Chair (Florence Price)
Rabbit Foot (Florence Price)
Prelude No. 4 (Florence Price)
Prelude No. 3 (Florence Price)
Popcorn (Florence Price)
The Old Boatman (Florence Price)
Nocturne (Zenobia Powell Perry)
Negro Dance (Nora Douglas Holt)
Meditation (Irene Britton Smith)
Make Believe (Ulysses Kay)
The King's Magic Drum (Leah Claiborne)
Jamaican Dance No. 2 (Oswald Russell)
Jamaican Dance No. 1 (Oswald Russell)
The Gnat and the Bee (Florence Price)
Fort Erie (Francis Johnson)
Ella Scats the Little Lamb (Valerie Capers)
Dinosaur (Innocent Okechukwu)
Dave's Blues (Dave Ragland)
At the Cotton Gin (Florence Price)

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