Comments on: AMC Recap http://abookwithoutacover.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/amc-recap/ All the words are going to bleed from me and I will [write] no more! - Jack White Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: William J. Zick http://abookwithoutacover.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/amc-recap/#comment-94 William J. Zick Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:51:10 +0000 http://abookwithoutacover.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/amc-recap/#comment-94 I cannot resist leaving a comment on "the silencing of black classical composers". It is a cultural injustice which deprives people of all races of the voices and sounds of hundreds of composers of African descent. My mission in retirement is a website, www.AfriClassical.com, and a companion blog, http://africlassical.blogspot.com, devoted to African Heritage in Classical Music. The 41 Black composers are from Africa, Europe and the Americas. Over 100 sound samples can be heard at the site. It was in Detroit that the landmark CBS Black Composers Series was recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Some of the music has been reissued in a 2-CD set by the Sony Music Custom Marketing Group on DSO-1111 (2002). Fortunately, Black composers have prevailed against all obstacles. From Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) to Fela Sowande (1905-1987), they have left us all a rich musical legacy which is at last being recorded, performed and enjoyed. I cannot resist leaving a comment on “the silencing of black classical composers”. It is a cultural injustice which deprives people of all races of the voices and sounds of hundreds of composers of African descent. My mission in retirement is a website, http://www.AfriClassical.com, and a companion blog, http://africlassical.blogspot.com, devoted to African Heritage in Classical Music. The 41 Black composers are from Africa, Europe and the Americas. Over 100 sound samples can be heard at the site. It was in Detroit that the landmark CBS Black Composers Series was recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Some of the music has been reissued in a 2-CD set by the Sony Music Custom Marketing Group on DSO-1111 (2002). Fortunately, Black composers have prevailed against all obstacles. From Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) to Fela Sowande (1905-1987), they have left us all a rich musical legacy which is at last being recorded, performed and enjoyed.

]]> By: fiercelyfab http://abookwithoutacover.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/amc-recap/#comment-79 fiercelyfab Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:23:00 +0000 http://abookwithoutacover.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/amc-recap/#comment-79 Hey Adele, it was great meeting you in Detroit.<br/><br/>I am still recapping the Detroit conference, even though, like you, I think that folks already have read everything they felt was important. But for my own purposes I will document. Oh, and I'm making my rounds again. Life is busy, what can we say? <br/><br/>much love, Hey Adele, it was great meeting you in Detroit.

I am still recapping the Detroit conference, even though, like you, I think that folks already have read everything they felt was important. But for my own purposes I will document. Oh, and I’m making my rounds again. Life is busy, what can we say?

much love,

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