Various Artists - Black Composers Series, 9 LP box set front cover, CBS Records and The College Music Society
Various Artists - Black Composers Series, plain black back of the 9 LP box set
Black Composers Series 9 LP box set, front cover with spine lettering visible
Black Composers Series box set spine, CBS Special Products, showing worn lettering
Inside of the Black Composers Series box lid with red ink handwriting at lower left
Black Composers Series box set empty box interior
Black Composers Series box set booklet cover, The College Music Society
Black Composers Series box set booklet interior page with composer notes
Concert program page for the Black American Composers Forum, April 4, 1992, included with this box set
Chicago Tribune newspaper clipping on black composers, included with this box set
Black Composers Series disc 5 side 1 label, Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, CBS Special Products P 19429
Black Composers Series disc 5 side 2 label, Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, CBS Special Products P 19429
Black Composers Series disc 3 side 1 label, Ulysses Simpson Kay and George Theophilus Walker, CBS Special Products P 19427
Black Composers Series disc 3 side 2 label, Ulysses Simpson Kay and George Theophilus Walker, CBS Special Products P 19427
Black Composers Series disc 7 side 1 label, William Grant Still, Fela Sowande and George Walker, CBS Special Products P 19431
Black Composers Series disc 7 side 2 label, William Grant Still, Fela Sowande and George Walker, CBS Special Products P 19431
Black Composers Series disc 6 side 1 label, Jose White and David Baker, CBS Special Products P 19430
Black Composers Series disc 6 side 2 label, Jose White and David Baker, CBS Special Products P 19430
Black Composers Series disc 8 side 1 label, Olly Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson Anderson Jr. and Talib Rasul Hakim, CBS Special Products P 19432
Black Composers Series disc 8 side 2 label, Olly Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson Anderson Jr. and Talib Rasul Hakim, CBS Special Products P 19432
Black Composers Series disc 1 side 1 label, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, CBS Special Products P 19425
Black Composers Series disc 1 side 2 label, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, CBS Special Products P 19425
Black Composers Series disc 4 side 1 label, Roque Cordero, CBS Special Products P 19428
Black Composers Series disc 4 side 2 label, Roque Cordero, CBS Special Products P 19428
Black Composers Series disc 2 side 1 label, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, CBS Special Products P 19426
Black Composers Series disc 2 side 2 label, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, CBS Special Products P 19426
Black Composers Series disc 9 side 1 label, George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork and Hale Smith, CBS Special Products P 19433
Black Composers Series disc 9 side 2 label, George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork and Hale Smith, CBS Special Products P 19433
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Various Artists - Black Composers Series, 9 LP box set front cover, CBS Records and The College Music SocietyVarious Artists - Black Composers Series, plain black back of the 9 LP box setBlack Composers Series 9 LP box set, front cover with spine lettering visibleBlack Composers Series box set spine, CBS Special Products, showing worn letteringInside of the Black Composers Series box lid with red ink handwriting at lower leftBlack Composers Series box set empty box interiorBlack Composers Series box set booklet cover, The College Music SocietyBlack Composers Series box set booklet interior page with composer notesConcert program page for the Black American Composers Forum, April 4, 1992, included with this box setChicago Tribune newspaper clipping on black composers, included with this box setBlack Composers Series disc 5 side 1 label, Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, CBS Special Products P 19429Black Composers Series disc 5 side 2 label, Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, CBS Special Products P 19429Black Composers Series disc 3 side 1 label, Ulysses Simpson Kay and George Theophilus Walker, CBS Special Products P 19427Black Composers Series disc 3 side 2 label, Ulysses Simpson Kay and George Theophilus Walker, CBS Special Products P 19427Black Composers Series disc 7 side 1 label, William Grant Still, Fela Sowande and George Walker, CBS Special Products P 19431Black Composers Series disc 7 side 2 label, William Grant Still, Fela Sowande and George Walker, CBS Special Products P 19431Black Composers Series disc 6 side 1 label, Jose White and David Baker, CBS Special Products P 19430Black Composers Series disc 6 side 2 label, Jose White and David Baker, CBS Special Products P 19430Black Composers Series disc 8 side 1 label, Olly Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson Anderson Jr. and Talib Rasul Hakim, CBS Special Products P 19432Black Composers Series disc 8 side 2 label, Olly Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson Anderson Jr. and Talib Rasul Hakim, CBS Special Products P 19432Black Composers Series disc 1 side 1 label, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, CBS Special Products P 19425Black Composers Series disc 1 side 2 label, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, CBS Special Products P 19425Black Composers Series disc 4 side 1 label, Roque Cordero, CBS Special Products P 19428Black Composers Series disc 4 side 2 label, Roque Cordero, CBS Special Products P 19428Black Composers Series disc 2 side 1 label, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, CBS Special Products P 19426Black Composers Series disc 2 side 2 label, William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, CBS Special Products P 19426Black Composers Series disc 9 side 1 label, George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork and Hale Smith, CBS Special Products P 19433Black Composers Series disc 9 side 2 label, George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork and Hale Smith, CBS Special Products P 19433

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  • Compilation, Box Set, LP, Reissue, Stereo, 1987
  • Used

Discs

  • 9

Media Condition

  • Very Good Plus (VG+)

Jacket Condition

  • Very Good (VG)

Notes

Handwriting in red ink on the inside of the box lid. Frayed box edges and worn, flaking lettering on the spine.

CBS Records' Black Composers Series, the nine-LP box set reissued in 1987 by The College Music Society through CBS Special Products from the 1974 to 1978 Columbia recordings. Paul Freeman conducts the London, Detroit, Baltimore and Helsinki orchestras in symphonies, concertos, chamber music and ballet by fifteen Black composers, from Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay and George Walker. This copy is the 1987 US reissue, catalog P9 19424, with discs P 19425 through P 19433. The box includes its booklet, a concert program page and a newspaper clipping, all shown in the photos.

  • 1987

Disc 1 (P 19425): Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Side One

  1. Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1 (Allegro; Andante; Allegro assai), London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor
  2. Chevalier de Saint-Georges: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Allegro; Rondeau: Tempo di minuetto, grazioso), The Juilliard Quartet

Disc 1 (P 19425): Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Side Two

  1. Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonie Concertante in G Major for Two Violins and Orchestra, Op. 13 (Allegro; Rondeau), London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Miriam Fried and Jaime Laredo, violins
  2. Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Scena from 'Ernestine', London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Faye Robinson, soprano

Disc 2 (P 19426): William Grant Still / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Side One

  1. William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony (Moderato assai; Adagio; Animato; Lento con risolutione), London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 2 (P 19426): William Grant Still / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Side Two

  1. William Grant Still: Two Arias from Highway 1, USA ('What Does He Know of Dreams?'; 'You're Wonderful, Mary'), William Brown, tenor, libretto by Verna Arvey
  2. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 'Onawa! Awake, Beloved' from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, William Brown, tenor
  3. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Danse Negre, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 3 (P 19427): Ulysses Simpson Kay / George Theophilus Walker, Side One

  1. Ulysses Simpson Kay: Markings, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 3 (P 19427): Ulysses Simpson Kay / George Theophilus Walker, Side Two

  1. George Theophilus Walker: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (Allegro; Grave; Allegro), London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Denis Wick, trombone

Disc 4 (P 19428): Roque Cordero, Side One

  1. Roque Cordero: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, beginning (I. Largo-Allegro, Strepitoso-Allegro, Moderato; II. Lento), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Sanford Allen, violin

Disc 4 (P 19428): Roque Cordero, Side Two

  1. Roque Cordero: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, conclusion (III. Allegro vigoroso)
  2. Roque Cordero: Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra (Marcha grotesca; Meditacion; Pasillo; Danzonete; Nocturno; Mejorana; Plegaria; Allegro final), Sanford Allen, violin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 5 (P 19429): Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, Side One

  1. Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia: Requiem Mass, part one (I. Introit: Requiem aeternam; II. Kyrie eleison; III. Gradual: Requiem aeternam; IV. Sequence: Dies irae, Ingemisco, Inter oves, beginning), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Doralene Davis, soprano, Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano, William Brown, tenor, Matti Tuloisela, bass-baritone, Morgan State College Choir

Disc 5 (P 19429): Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, Side Two

  1. Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia: Requiem Mass, part two (IV. Sequence: Dies irae, Ingemisco, Inter oves, conclusion; V. Offertorio: Domine Jesu Christe; VI. Sanctus, Benedictus; VII. Agnus Dei; VIII. Communio: Lux aeternam)

Disc 6 (P 19430): Jose White / David Baker, Side One

  1. Jose White: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Allegro; Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro moderato), London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Aaron Rosand, violin

Disc 6 (P 19430): Jose White / David Baker, Side Two

  1. David Baker: Sonata for Cello and Piano (Fast; Blues; Fast), Janos Starker, cello, Alain Planes, piano

Disc 7 (P 19431): William Grant Still / Fela Sowande / George Walker, Side One

  1. William Grant Still: Sahdji (Ballet for Orchestra and Chorus), Morgan State College Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 7 (P 19431): William Grant Still / Fela Sowande / George Walker, Side Two

  1. Fela Sowande: Music from 'African Suite' for String Orchestra (Joyful Day; Nostalgia; Akinla)
  2. George Walker: Lyric for Strings, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 8 (P 19432): Olly Woodrow Wilson / Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr. / Talib Rasul Hakim, Side One

  1. Olly Woodrow Wilson: Akwan for Piano, Electronic Piano, Amplified Strings and Orchestra, Richard Bunger, piano and electronic piano, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 8 (P 19432): Olly Woodrow Wilson / Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr. / Talib Rasul Hakim, Side Two

  1. Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr.: Squares (An Essay for Orchestra)
  2. Talib Rasul Hakim: Visions of Ishwara, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

Disc 9 (P 19433): George Walker / Adolphus Hailstork / Hale Smith, Side One

  1. George Walker: Piano Concerto (I; II; III), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor, Natalie Hinderas, piano

Disc 9 (P 19433): George Walker / Adolphus Hailstork / Hale Smith, Side Two

  1. Adolphus Hailstork: Celebration
  2. Hale Smith: Ritual and Incantations, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor

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  • Columbia Records
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  • United States
  • P9 19424

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