Margaret Bonds: The Montgomery Variations and Du Bois Credo

by John Michael Cooper

In her lifetime, African American composer Margaret Bonds was classical music's most intrepid social-justice activist. Furthermore, her Montgomery Variations (1964) and setting of W.E.B. Du Bois's iconic Civil Rights Credo (1965-67) were the musical summits of her activism. These works fell into obscurity after Bonds's death, but were recovered and published in 2020. Since widely performed, they are finally gaining a recognition long denied. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316511766
• ISBN13: 9781316511763
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"