Category: United States
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Culinary Compositions — Pineapple Rag, Scott Joplin (1908)
Scott Joplin, the ‘King of Ragtime,’ composed many rags, including the “Pineapple Rag” in 1908. Despite initial obscurity, his music…
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Culinary Compositions — Peanuts Gallery, III. Snoopy Does the Samba, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1996)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, wrote Peanuts Gallery as a six-movement tribute to Charles Schulz’s iconic comic…
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Composers — Tuttarana, Reena Esmail (2014)
Reena Esmail, an Indian-American composer, blends Indian and Western classical music. Her work, including “Tuttarana,” reflects her commitment to equity…
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Composers — Aloha ‘Oe, Liliuokalani (1878)
Queen Lili’uokalani composed “Aloha ‘Oe” in 1878, embodying her farewell to Hawaii. As the last Hawaiian monarch, she reigned briefly…
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Songs of Spring — Spring Intermezzo from Four Seasonal Sketches, Betty Jackson King (1955)
“Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a God somewhere.” Betty accepted this quote as…
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Songs of Spring — Spring, Florence Price (1913)
“Spring”, composed by Florence Price in 1913, narrates the feeling of hope and joy in the air come springtime. Florence…
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Indigenous Soundscapes — By Our Nature, Brent Michael Davids (2014)
Performance: Mankato Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Freed; Dakota Romero, voice About By Our Nature: “BY OUR NATURE is a…
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Holidays Around the World — KWANZAA! Umoja, Anthem of Unity; Valerie Coleman (2019)
Performance: Minnesota Orchestra Information on Umoja: “Umoja by Valerie Coleman was commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra and was premiered in…
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Week 4: Troubled Water, Margaret Bonds (1967)
Performance: Samantha Ege “Margaret Bonds arranged over fifty African-American spirituals for various instruments, one of which is the five-minute piano…
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Week 3: Homage, Zenobia Powell Perry (1990)
Performance: Samantha Ege “Homage (1990) is a birthday tribute to one of the great composers of the Harlem Renaissance: William…