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John Michael Cooper
Dec 8, 20216 min read
ARE WOMEN PEOPLE?
An Important New Album from Composer Lori Laitman “Settles the Question” I’m not a reviewer – I’m just a musicologist who’s deeply,...
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John Michael Cooper
Apr 24, 20217 min read
THE PROBLEM WITH PROGRAMS (Part 3)
Florence Price’s First Symphony, the 1933-34 World’s Fair, and Three Tribbles (corrected) In Part 1 of this three-part post, I suggested...
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John Michael Cooper
Feb 11, 20215 min read
RACIAL JUSTICE AND AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
Resurrecting a Blacklisted Musical Affirmation of Freedom from 1976 in 2021 [Update (March 8, 2021): The June 13, 2009 revival of...
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John Michael Cooper
Oct 27, 20205 min read
FLORENCE PRICE AND LANGSTON HUGHES CAST A BALLOT FOR THE WORKING CLASS
The first public performance of a song by Florence Price and Langston Hughes issues a call to action for today's working class to VOTE!
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John Michael Cooper
Oct 16, 20202 min read
THE SOULS THAT TRY OUR TIMES
Lara Downes's new NPR show "AMPLIFY" interviews visionary Black musicians to offer very real hope in the American crisis of 2020.
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John Michael Cooper
Sep 30, 20206 min read
A RECKONING (PART TWO)
I believe we now are facing our reckoning as a country, one which was perhaps long overdue.
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John Michael Cooper
Sep 24, 20207 min read
A RECKONING
I’m a recently repatriated American.Being abroad after 2016 made me grateful that I lived away from the sickness growing in America.
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