John Michael CooperOct 5, 20232 minThe Tombstone’s Tale (2) This post is an update to my post of March 26, 2023. As I noted there, in 1912, two years after the death of Dr. James H. Smith, father...
John Michael CooperJul 15, 20239 minRIDDLED WITH MISTAKESIn the last few years, a music-publishing industry that historically has resolutely ignored compositions by composers of color and women...
John Michael CooperJun 26, 20235 minRACISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (4): CANONICAL SILENCING, AND SOME CONCLUSIONSAs a prefatory exercise for this post, consider the “rule of 4%”: less than four percent of the players in professional orchestras with...
John Michael CooperJun 23, 20237 minRRM – RACISM IN ROMANTIC MUSIC (Part 1 of 4)Dear Constant Reader, I’ve been absent from this blog for a while, partly because I needed to recharge, partly because I’m currently...
John Michael CooperMay 184 minTHE HOUSTON EBONY OPERA GUILD SINGS THE DREAM OF FREEDOM, AND ITS PRICE (Part 1 of 3)