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Composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Chamber,Contest,Festival,Multicultural,Romantic Period,World. 34 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #993952. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1411716).From the Music of Black Composers Series are these two contrasting works from Coleridge-Taylor's 1905 piano collection of "African and Spiritual Melodies", the playful Bamboula and the dramatic Take Nabandji arranged for a traditional woodwind quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, with alternate parts clarinet in B-flat substitute for oboe, alto saxophone in E-flat substitute for horn, and bass clarinet in B-flat substitute for bassoon. Born of an African father, Coleridge-Taylor was an early 20th century prominent English composer and conductor who was an influential advocate for Black composers. The recording is of the entire edition
To see our Music of Black Composers Series for woodwinds enter “Black Composers Series Woodwinds” in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press for arrangements for mixed woodwind ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.
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