Orchestral Music of African-American Composers

Available from G. Schirmer/AMP and Affiliates
updated 18 June 1999

David Baker (b.1931)

• Le Chat Qui Peche (1974)
  Duration: 34'
  Publisher: AMP
  Soli: Soprano; Jazz Quartet - asx.tsx/dm/epf(pf)/edb(db)
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/432+btbn.1/timp.perc/hp/str
  
• Concerto for Cello (1975-76)
  Duration: 15'
  Publisher: AMP
  Solo: Cello
  1111/2000/timp.perc/str [no vc]
  
• Kosbro (1973-75)
  Duration: 13'
  Publisher: AMP
  3333/4331/timp.perc.xyl/pf/str
  
• Two Improvisations: 1. Harlem Pipes 2. Sangre Negro (1974)
  Duration: 8'
  Publisher: AMP
  Soli: Jazz combo: dm/pf/db
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/432+btbn.1/timp.snare dm/str
  

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

• Hiawatha's Wedding Feast (1898)
  Duration: 32'
  Publisher: GS
  2222/4231/timp.perc/hp/str
  
• Hiawatha's Wedding Feast: On Away! Awake Beloved
  Duration: 6'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Tenor
  2222/4000/hp/str
  

Anthony Davis (b.1951)

• ESU Variations (1995)
  Duration: 8'
  Publisher: GS
  4(pic)444(cbn)/442+btbn.1/timp.3perc.vib/str(9.8.7.6.5)
  
• Jacob's Ladder (1997)
  Duration: 8'
  Publisher: GS
  2(pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2/4331/timp.3perc(dmkit)/hp/str
  
• Litany of Sins (1991)
  Duration: 30'
  Publisher: GS
  1111/1000/hp/str (11111 or multiple)
  
• Malcolm's Prison Aria (1986)
  Duration: 9'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Baritone
  2(pic).1.2(2sx)1+cbn/2120/timp.3perc/pf/str
  
• Maps (1988)
  Duration: 25'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Violin
  timp.trap.xyl.vib.glock.mba.steel dm/hp/str
  
• Notes From the Underground (1988)
  Duration: 9'
  Publisher: GS
  2(pic)222/2221/perc.xyl.mba.vib/pf/str
  
• Still Waters (1982)
  Duration: 17'
  Publisher: GS
  2111/2010/timp.3+perc.vib(mba)/hp.pf/str
  
• Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey (1997)
  Duration: 15'
  Publisher: GS
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str
  
• Wayang V (1985)
  Duration: 25'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Piano
  2(pic)12(bcl)1/2120/timp.3perc.mba/str
  
• Xcerpts (From the Opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X) (1986)
  Duration: 105'
  Publisher: GS
  Text: Christopher Davis, adapted by Thulani Davis
  Soli: Soprano, Tenor, Bass Baritone & Narrator
  fl(afl,ssx,asx,cl,bcl)ob(ca,cl,tsx)cl(cbcl)bn/1010/perc.dms/pf/2vn.va.vc.db(eb)
  

William Dawson (1899-1990)

• Negro Folk Symphony (1934, rev. 1952)
  Duration: 35'
  Publisher: SHA
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4231/timp.3perc/hp/str
  Study score for sale
  

Edward K. (Duke) Ellington (1899-1974)

• Best of the Sacred Concerts, The (1965-1973)
  Duration: 110'
  Publisher: GS
  Soli: S, Mz, A, Bar, B; SATB; tap dancer; dancers
  Narr; 000.2sax(2cl)+2tsx(cl)+barsx.0/0430/perc/pf/db
  
• Black, Brown and Beige (1943)
  Duration: 18'
  Publisher: GS
  2+pic(afl)2.2+bcl(barsx).asx.2+cbn/4431/timp.2perc+trap set/hp/str +jazz bass
  
• Black, Brown and Beige (adapted by Jeff Tyzik)
  Duration: 35'
  Publisher: GS
  2(pic)1+ca.2+bcl.asx.2/4331/timp.perc.dmkit/hp.pf/jazz bass/str
  
• Come Sunday
  Duration: 4'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Alto or Bass
  002+bcl.0/0030/dms/pf/db
  
• Ellington Portrait (arranged and orchestrated by Jeff Tyzik)
  Duration: 161/2'
  Publisher: EMI
  2+pic.1+ca.2+bcl.asx.2/4331/timp.2perc.dmkit/hp.pf/jazz bass/str
  
• The Essential Ellington: Music of Ellington and Strayhorn (arranged by Jeff Tyzik) (1995)
  Duration: ca 14'
  Publisher: GS
  2222/4331/timp.3perc.eb/pf.hp/str
  
  1. Come Sunday (Introduction)
  2. Take the A Train
  3. Lush Life
  4. Satin Doll
  5. Perdido
  6. Come Sunday
  7. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
• Grand Slam Jam
  Duration: 8'
  Publisher: GS
  Soli: Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet
  22(ca)2(bcl).2asx+2tsx[+bar].2/4431/timp.2perc.vib.dms/hp/str
  
• Harlem (1950)
  Duration: 18'
  Publisher: GS
  2(pic)22(bcl).2asx+2tsx[+barsx].2/4331/timp.2perc/hp/str
  
• Liberian Suite (1954)
  Duration: 22'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Bass
  0000/2asx.2tsx.barsx/0530/timp.vib.drum/gtr.pf/vn.db
  
• Mood Indigo (five-brass setting) (arranged by Morton Gould)
  Duration: 5'
  Publisher: EMI
  1.ca.1.asx(fl)+asx+2tsx(2fl).1/0320/dmkit/pf.gtr.hp/str
  
• Mood Indigo (six-brass setting) (arranged by Morton Gould)
  Duration: 5'
  Publisher: EMI
  11(ca)1.asx(cl)+asx(bcl)+tsx(cl)+barsx(ob, cl).1/0330/dmkit/pf.gtr.hp/str
  
• New World A'Comin' (1945)
  Duration: 10'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Piano
  2(pic)22+bcl.2/4431/timp.perc/hp/str [+ dance band]
  
• Night Creature
  Duration: 17'
  Publisher: GS
  222(bcl).2asx.2tsx[+barsx].2/4431/timp.2perc/hp/str
  
• The Nutcracker Suite/Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  (arranged by Edward K.(Duke) Ellington and Billy Strayhorn)
  Duration: 31'
  Publisher: TPO
  Jazz band: reed1(asx)+reed2(asx.cl.bamboo fl)+reed3(tsx, cl)+reed4(tsx, cl)+reed5(barsx, cl)/ 4tpt(tpt1 doubles tambourine).3tbn/pf/dmkit/db
  
  1. Overture
  2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
  3. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
  4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
  5. Entr'acte
  6. The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
  7. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
  8. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
  9. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)
• The Nutcracker Suite/Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  (arranged by Edward K.(Duke) Ellington and Billy Strayhorn)
  (arranged and adapted by Jeff Tyzik) (1998)
  Duration: 17'
  Publisher: TPO
  21+ca.2+bcl.asx(tsx).2/4331/dmkit/jazz bass/str
  
  1. Overture
  2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
  3. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
  4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
  5. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
• The River (1970)
  Duration: 30'
  Publisher: GS
  2(pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2/4331/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str
  
• Solitude (arranged by Morton Gould)
  Duration: 3'
  Publisher: EMI
  hp.cel/str
  
• Sophisticated Lady (arranged by Morton Gould)
  Duration: 4'
  Publisher: EMI
  hp.cel/str
  
• Three Black Kings for Soloist and Orchestra (1973)
  Duration: 16'
  Publisher: GS
  Solo: Eb, Bb, or C instrument
  3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4431/timp.perc.trap set/hp.pf/str+jazz bass
  
• Three Black Kings, Ballet for Orchestra
  Duration: 15'
  Publisher: GS
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4441/timp.perc/gtr.hp.pf/str
  
• Three Black Kings, Concerto grosso version
  Duration: 15'
  Publisher: GS
  2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.3(cbn)/443+btbn.1/timp.perc/hp.pf/str + jazz band: gtr.5 reeds.trap set.jazz bass
  

Mercer Ellington

• Things Ain't What They Used To Be (1942/43)
  Duration: ca 10'
  Publisher: GS
  1+pic.23+bcl.2+cbn/5431/vib.dm kit/[pf]/str
  

Ulysses Kay (1917-1995)

• Choral Triptych, Cantata (1962)
  Duration: 15'
  Publisher: AMP
  Text: Psalms 15, 13, Alleluia
  SATB; str
  
• Serenade (1954)
  Duration: 18'
  Publisher: AMP
  2222/4331/timp/str
  Study score for sale
  
• Suite (1945)
  Duration: 17'
  Publisher: AMP
  3333/4331/perc/pf/str
  Study score for sale
  

Jose Nunes-Garcia (1767-1830)

• Requiem
  Duration: 40'
  Publisher: GS
  Chorus; 2222/2000/timp/str
  

Walter Robinson (b.1952)

• Harriet Tubman (1986)
  Duration: 5'
  Publisher: GS
  Gospel Chorus; 2[pic]22[bcl]2[cbn]/432+btbn.1/perc.dm set/pf.org.gtr.ebass/str
  

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

• Afro-American Symphony (1930)
  Duration: 24'
  Publisher: NOV
  3(+1)342/4331/timp.perc/vib.cel.hp/str
  

Howard Swanson (1907-1978)

• Concerto for Orchestra (1954)
  Publisher: EWM
  2202/4231/str
  
• Fantasie Piece (1969)
  Publisher: EWM
  Solo: Saxophone or Clarinet
  str
  
• Music for Strings (1952)
  Duration: 10' Publisher: EWM
  str
  
• Night Music (1950)
  Duration: 9'
  Publisher: EWM
  1111/1000/str
  
• Short Symphony (1948)
  Duration: 11'
  Publisher: EWM
  2(pic)222/2210/timp/str
  
• Songs for Patricia (1951)
  Publisher: EWM
  Text: N. Rosten
  Solo: Soprano
  str
  
• Symphony No. 1 (1945)
  Duration: 25'
  Publisher: EWM
  2(pic)221/4221/timp.perc/str
  
• Symphony No. 3 (1970)
  Publisher: EWM
  3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)2(cbn)/4331/perc/str
  
• Vista No. 2, Octet for String Octet or Choir (1969)
  Publisher: EWM
  str(4.0.2.2)
  

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