Feb 26 Blog Blackness in Opera: Treemonisha Although he concentrated on smaller pieces for piano, Scott Joplin wrote an opera. Joplin wrote Treemonisha in 1910 and had a vocal/piano score published the following year at his own expense. Joplin presented parts of the work to a Harlem audience, but it was met with little enthusiasm. Treemonisha wasn’t fully performed until 1975 by […] By Alan Brandt Feb 26 Blog Blackness in Opera: Treemonisha By Alan Brandt
Jan 21 Blog Let Freedom Sing: Music of the Abolitionists Let Freedom Sing, hosted by NPR’s Noah Adams, chronicles of the idealistic artists, uncompromising personalities, and powerful music of the era, and looks at how these forces combined to turn abolitionism from a scorned fringe movement into a nation-changing force. Music included in Let Freedom Sing: Traditional – Steal Away Fisk Jubilee Singers Anon. – […] By Daniel Gilliam Jan 21 Blog Let Freedom Sing: Music of the Abolitionists By Daniel Gilliam