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 CooperNov 11, 20224 minCOALESCENCE, CULMINATION, AND EMANCIPATION: Four Early Performances of Margaret Bonds’s Spiritual Suite [This note is about Margaret Bonds’s Spiritual Suite – the surviving magnum...
John Michael CooperJul 1, 20223 min“I DEDICATED IT TO MOTHER”On the Origins of He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand by Margaret Bonds Margaret Bonds is justly celebrated for her inspired and...
John Michael CooperMay 28, 20228 minON HARRY T. BURLEIGH, HIS LIFE AND LEGACIES[This is the fourth in a series of posts of “blogified” short entries from the forthcoming second, enlarged edition of my Historical...
John Michael CooperMay 184 minTHE HOUSTON EBONY OPERA GUILD SINGS THE DREAM OF FREEDOM, AND ITS PRICE (Part 1 of 3)