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liszt-and-the-galops

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What are your favorite pieces by non-white/male composers?

on: May 14, 2025, 12:55:21 AM

What are some of your favorite pieces by non-white and/or non-male piano composers?

Wondering because the only composers who'd fit into that category who I see talked about much at all on here are Joplin and C. Schumann.

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Re: What are your favorite pieces by non-white/male composers?

Reply #1 on: May 14, 2025, 09:42:10 AM

Tupac, but maybe that is off topic

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Re: What are your favorite pieces by non-white/male composers?

Reply #2 on: May 14, 2025, 11:41:54 AM

This is a good one by Nadia Boulanger, a great 20th century composer and teacher in France:

I have also done some work on rediscovering neglected composers from my own country, but there are no recordings available to share unfortunately.

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Reply #3 on: May 14, 2025, 10:27:26 PM

Karen Tanaka. Lots of good stuff but these are my two favourites.

Techno Etudes:

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Crystalline II:

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Reply #4 on: May 15, 2025, 12:11:26 PM

Quote from: thorn on May 14, 2025, 10:27:26 PM

Karen Tanaka. Lots of good stuff but these are my two favourites.
Techno Etudes:
Crystalline II:

Thanks for introducing this composer to me - interesting music for sure, and lots to explore:

Piano/Harpsichord
Blue Crystal (2014), for piano
Children of Light (1998–99), for piano
Crystalline (1988), for piano
Crystalline II (1995–96), for piano
Crystalline III (2000), for piano
Herb Garden (2005), for piano four hands
Jardin des herbes (1989, rev. 1995), for harpsichord
Lavender (1989), for harpsichord
Lavender Field (2000), for piano
Love in the Wind (2017), for piano
Masquerade (2013), for piano
Northern Light (2002), for piano
Our Planet Earth (2010–11), for piano
Rose Crystal (2022), for piano
Sensation (2022), for piano
Techno Etudes (2000), for piano
Techno Etudes II (2020), for piano
The Adventures of Anya (2021–23), for piano
Water Dance (2008), for piano
Who Stole the Tarts? (2016), for piano
The Zoo in the Sky (1994–95), for piano

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Tanaka

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Reply #5 on: May 15, 2025, 09:42:49 PM

Quote from: dizzyfingers on May 15, 2025, 12:11:26 PM

Thanks for introducing this composer to me - interesting music for sure, and lots to explore:

Signe Bakke's album is a good overview of the pre-2010 stuff (not all but most of it is on there). But the pianist I shared above is the best in this music imo. I haven't heard all of the newer stuff as it depends on if it's been recorded. Lavender Field and Northern Lights are beginner/lower intermediate friendly, I've taught them to students before.

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Re: What are your favorite pieces by non-white/male composers?

Reply #6 on: May 19, 2025, 12:28:09 PM

I quite enjoy Bethany Wakim who posts compositions on YouTube:

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