Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora: The Complete Edition

for solo piano

All five volumes of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora are presented together in a clothbound edition for easier accessibility. This comprehensive volume is ideal for university and college libraries and includes three new advanced pieces by composers living in Egypt, the US, and Guadeloupe.

Dr. William H. Chapman Nyaho is an active international performer, scholar, teacher, and clinician. Raised in Ghana and now living in the United States, Chapman Nyaho studied at Achimota School, Ghana, and the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Switzerland, and holds degrees from Oxford University, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Texas, Austin. The winner of prizes from international piano competitions, Chapman Nyaho has performed in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. He is a regular guest clinician, giving masterclasses, presentations, lecture-recitals,and workshops, and continually advocates music by composers of Africa and the African Diaspora. (www.nyaho.com)

Foreword

A Note From the Publisher

Preface

Composer Biographies

Performance Notes

Acknowledgements

Volume 1 (Early Intermediate)

1. Kwela No. 1, Isak Roux

2. Tender Thought, Ulysses Kay

3. My Scarf is Yellow, Hale Smith

4. Dusk, Nkeiru Okoye

5. Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response, Robert Mawuena Kwami

6. Soufiane, Halim El-Dabh

7. Off-Beat Shorty, Hale Smith

8. Ticklin' Toes, Florence B. Price

9. Sweet Mister Jelly Roll, Valerie Capers

10. Dancing Barefoot in the Rain, Nkeiru Okoye

11. Lullaby, Isak Roux

12. The Monk, Valerie Capers

13. Lullaby, Bangambula Vindu

14. Builsa Work Song, J. H. Kwabena Nketia

15. Ufie III, Christian Onyeji

Volume 2 (Intermediate)

16. Lament in Tremelo Form, Laurindo Almeida

17. Invention No. 2, Ulysses Kay

18. Honey, R. Nathaniel Dett

19. Nigerian Dance No. 1, Joshua Uzoigwe

20. Prelude No. 1 'Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho', Wallace M. Cheatham

21. Prelude No. 2 'Poor Mourner's Got A Home', Wallace M. Cheatham

22. Oga, Christian Onyeji

23. Preludio Cubano, Amadeo Roldan y Gardes

24. Silk Hat and Walking Cane, Florence B. Price

25. At a Certain Church, John W. Work III

26. Volta Fantasy, J. H. Kwabena Nketia

27. Igba Kerin - Awon Abami Eye, Akin Euba

28. Igba Kinni - Akeregbe Baba Emu, Akin Euba

29. Pomme Cannelle, Alain Pierre Pradel

30. Basseet, Halim El-Dabh

31. Nim Nawakht, Halim El-Dabh

32. If the Silver Bird Could Speak, Eleanor Alberga

Volume 3 (Early Advanced)

33. Take Me Back, John W. Work III

34. Deep River, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

35. La Dangereuse, Ludovic Lamothe

36. Juba Dance, R. Nathaniel Dett

37. Jamaican Dance No. 2, Oswald Russell

38. Didn't It Rain, Wallace McClain Cheatham

39. The Cuckoo, Howard Swanson

40. Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1, Akin Euba

41. Scherzino, Andres Wheatley

42. Nimble Feet, Florence B. Price

43. Cell Phone Blues, Ed Bland

44. Papillons, Oswald Russell

45. Variations on an Egyptian Folksong, Gamal Abdel-Rahim

Volume 4 (Advanced)

46. Prelude and Caprice, George Walker

47. Ukom, Joshua Uzoigwe

48. Flowers in the Sand, Bongani Ndodana-Breen

49. Coma Dance, Halim El-Dabh

50. Troubled Water, Margaret Bonds

51. Toccata, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

52. The Lotus, Gyimah Labi

Volume 5 (Advanced)

53. The Bamboula, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

54. Humoresque No. 1, Oswald Russell

55. Etude in C# Minor, H. Leslie Adams

56. Afro Arab Blues, Ali Osman

57. Township Guitar, Isak Roux

58. Egwu Amala, Joshua Uzoigwe

59. Rhapsody No. 4, Lettie Beckon Alston

60. Tumbling Dance, Martin Scherzinger

Appendice (Advanced)

61. Zone Blue, Ed Bland

62. Le Chateau de Cendre, Alain Pierre Pradel

63. Longa Nahawand, Riad Abdel-Gawad