Music
Piano Music of Africa
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"These important publications will bring immeasurable pleasure to musicians and music lovers and limitless credit to Dr. Chapman Nyaho.
Dr. Chapman Nyaho has done a Herculean job finding, identifying and collecting this rich music. Without his skill and fervor, this precious trove of music may have been lost.
Thank you Dr. Chapman Nyaho for your own musicianship and your devotion."
Joy!
-Dr. Maya Angelou
This wonderful anthology presents a fascinating survey of music by African composers, both those living in Africa and those now resident elsewhere in the world. The music, much of which is published here for the first time, includes a kaleidoscope of different styles, moods, genres, and colors. You will find works influenced by the blues, jazz, and ragtime, and works built on exotic scales, African folk-tunes, and drumming rhythms. The five volumes are graded to provide exciting material for pianists just beginning their studies and for those who are looking for new and more challenging music. Edited by an internationally respected musician, this collection not only represents an important historical gathering of composers of African descent, but it is also destined to provide fresh music to the piano repertoire.
“This collection provides a tremendous service to piano teachers and a wonderful introduction to the composers of African heritage for piano students. Thanks . . . for an invaluable teaching tool.”
–Leon Bates, pianist
“What a gold mine for performers, teachers, and students. To have such a graded compilation of music previously unknown to many of us is so exciting for piano pedagogues. Thank you”
–Martha F. Hilley, Professor of Group Piano and Pedagogy at University of Texas, Austin
“Magnificent. Who would have guessed that a sampling of music by African and African-Diasporic composers would fill five volumes? And who would imagine the dazzling array of forms, styles, and techniques displayed in them? All who consider themselves friends of African and African-derived music are much indebted to William Chapman Nyaho and Oxford University Press for making these gems of musical imagination widely available for the first time ever.”
–Kofi Agawu, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
Meet the Editor, Dr. William Chapman Nyaho
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 master-classes, presentations, lecture-recitals, and workshops, and continually advocates music by composers of Africa and the African Diaspora.
For more information, visit www.nyaho.com
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Volume 1 (early-intermediate): Kwela no. 1; Tender Thought; My Scarf is Yellow; Dusk;
Soufiane; Piano Piece No. 2 "Call And Response"; Off-Beat Shorty; Ticklin' Toes; Sweet
Mister Jelly Roll; Dancing Barefoot in the Rain; Lullaby; The Monk; Lullaby; Builsa Work
Song; Ufie III
9780193868229
Volume 2 (intermediate): Lament in Tremolo Form; Prelude No. 1 Allegro; Invention
No. 2; Oga; Honey; Preludio Cubano; Prelude No. 2; Silk Hat and Walking Cane; Basseet;
Nigerian Dance No. 1; At a Certain Church; Igbá Kìnní – Akèrègbè Baba Emu; Igbá Kerin – Àwon
Abàmì Eye; Pomme Cannelle; Nawakht; If the Silver Bird Could Speak; Volta Fantasy
9780193868236
Volume 3 (early advanced): Take Me Back; Deep River No. 2; La Dangereuse (meringue
haïtienne); Juba Dance; Jamaican Dance No. 2; Prelude No. 3; The Cuckoo; Scenes from
Traditional Life No. 1; Scherzino; Dances in the Canebrakes; Cell Phone Blues; Allegro
deciso; Papillons; Variations on an Egyptian Folksong
9780193868243
Volume 4* (advanced): Prelude and Caprice; Le chateau de cendre; Ukom; After the
First Rain; Coma Dance; Troubled Water; Toccata; Afro Arab Blues; The Lotus
9780193870024
Volume 5* (advanced): Bamboula No. 8; Humoresque No. 1; Etude in C-sharp minor;
Township Guitar; Egwu Amala; Zone Blue; Rhapsody No. 4; Longa Nahawand; Tumbling Dance
9780193870031
Comprehensive edition*
9780193870154
*Not yet published
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