Some Famous Black Composers Born Before 1850 written by Nevilla E. Ottley in 1994, and features composers from the 1700s including Ignatius Sancho, Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White, Le Chevalier de Saint Georges, Frank Johnson and others from around the world. Targeted for elementary and middle school students, it has material that high school students can also glean for reports. Cost is only $8.39 (incl. s/h) Available now. |
Stills Life In Pictures by Nevilla E. Ottley [$16.50 incl. s/h] is a 50+ picture chronicle of the life of composer/musician William Grant Still. It features the classification of his 180+ works, film scores, selected discography and a short bibliography. His title, Dean of African American Composers, was awarded him since he pioneered so many musical activities for people of color. |
Some Famous Black Divas born before 1900 by author, Nevilla E. Ottley, is to be released Spring, 1999. This book is just an introduction to some of the legendary and pionering Black American female singers who performed opera, recitals, oratorio, and were also church soloists. Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, Madame Marie Selika, Anna (featured on the cover) and Emma Hyers, Luranah Aldridge, Flora Batson, Sylvia Alice Olden, Madame Sissieretta Jones, Lillian Evanti, and, of course, Marian Anderson. |
Black Pianists of Classical Music was first released in May 1994. Written by Nevilla E. Ottley, this book which targets late elementary and middle school children, however, the information can be used by high school students, also. Some of the pianists are Cleveland Luca, Blind Tom, Samuel W. Jamieson, Scott Joplin, R.N. Dett, Hazel Harrison, Philippa Duke Schuyler, and Natalie Hinderas. The second edition is to be released in the Summer of 1999. |
Some Famous Black Male Singers, to be released in the fall 1999, features such performers as Occramer Marycoo, an African slave of the 1700s to Ben Holt, a young African American baritone (1957-1990) who sang at the Met, and many of the well-knowns and unknowns such as Tom Bowers, the Luca family, Roland Hayes, Harry Burleigh, Paul Robeson, Robert McFerrin, George Shirley, Simon Estes and Moises Parker. This is Volume 7 of Nevilla Ottleys series of Children Story Books |
Printed Music by Black Composers |
A piece for an intermediate student, this waltz's tune is taken from "Give Me a Cot in the Valley I Love". This joyful little piece is in G-major, and requires a right hand that loves to play in octaves. The left hand plays a few octaves, but the usual I-IV-V7 chords and broken chords. |