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“SHE HAS A MUSICAL MISSION”:
BRIGHT STAR: A CHRISTMAS SONG, BY MARGARET BONDS AND JANICE LOVOOS Late in 1968, Margaret Bonds published her setting of Janice Lovoos’s...
John Michael Cooper
Dec 4, 20204 min read
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“THERE IS GLASS EVERYWHERE”
A Weekend of Triumph for Black Women – and Some Musical Highlights This past weekend, after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had received more...
John Michael Cooper
Nov 10, 20206 min read
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#SONGSOFCOMFORT:
A new and consciously LIVE music video of Margaret Bonds's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" offers a fresh look at her musical world.
John Michael Cooper
Aug 30, 20204 min read
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OF COMFORT, TRAUMA, AND MUSIC
A new series of videos featuring music of Florence Price and Margaret Bonds shows music's ability to bring comfort and beauty amidst trauma.
John Michael Cooper
Jul 26, 20205 min read
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SILENCE AND SOUND
Margaret Bonds's little-known settings of Robert Frost's well-known "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" teach important lessons.
John Michael Cooper
May 24, 20204 min read
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THE HEART OF A WOMAN
Florence Price's "The Heart of a Woman" gives eloquent voice to the issues faced by African Americans as well as women.
John Michael Cooper
May 3, 20205 min read
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FLORENCE PRICE AND THE SORROW SONGS: "I'm Troubled in My Mind"
Florence Price's newly published piano arrangement of the slave song "Troubled in My Mind" eloquently sounds spirit of the ancestral melody.
John Michael Cooper
Apr 24, 20204 min read
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