African American Composers in the Wind Band Tradition

Foreword by Adolphus Hailstork Introduction Part 1: By the Decade: A History of African American Wind Band Composers Chapter 1: The 1940s: The Beginnings of African American Wind Band Music Chapter 2: The 1950s: Expansion Chapter 3: The 1960s: The Impact of Serialism on Black Compositional Approaches Chapter 4: The 1970s: A Return to Performance-Driven Composition Chapter 5: The 1980s: Increased Representation, Local Prominence Chapter 6: The 1990s: Expansion and Acceleration Chapter 7: The Twenty-First Century Chapter 8: Other Significant African and African American Composer Influences on Wind Band Literature Part II: Analyses of Representative Wind Band Works by African American Composers Chapter 9: From the Delta by William Grant Still Chapter 10: American Guernica by Adolphus Hailstork Chapter 11: Canvas by Geroge Walker Chapter 12: Amen! and Come Sunday: Comparing and Contrasting Musical Representations of the Black Church Experience Coda References About the Author