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SCALE COMPENDIUM
/ Eu p h o n i u m
BY LARRY CLARK
for tr o m b o n e
B ra s s
CARL FISCHER -
O rg a n
African-American Organ Music
Anthology, Volume 7, edited by
Mickey Thomas Terry. Morning Star
Music Publishers, 2014.
www.morningstarmusic.com;
32 pp., $17.00.
This new anthology includes
five works for solo organ by four
African-American composers: Charles
Coleman (19261991), Mark Fax
(1911-1974), Ulysses Kay (1917
1995) and Adolphus Hailstork (born
1941). Faxs pieces are both chorale
preludes on the hymn tunes St.
Anne, and Wer nur den lieben Gott
lasst walten (Who only lets dear God
rule). Hailstorks Fantasy on Brother
James Air is also based on a wellknown hymn tune and could be used
in a liturgical setting or as recital rep
ertoire. The Passacaglia by Coleman
and Kays Pastorale are excerpted
movements from larger works but are
substantial enough to stand on their
own.
The chronology of the music spans
from the mid-20th century to the
early-21st century, with the Fantasy
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