Margaret Bonds

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Charles Ives award for James Matheson posted 10 Jan 2012
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Sun 12 Feb: IN DEEP SILENCE II Kasteel Cortewalle, Beveren, België
Tue 14 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre Stadsschouwburg, Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam, Nederland
Thu 16 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre NTGent, Sint Baafsplein 17, Gent, België
Sat 18 Feb: Centenary celebration Yvre l'Eveque, Le Mans, France
Sat 18 Feb: 2012 Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York
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(1893) Giuseppe Verdi: Premiere of Falstaff, in Milan, Italy.
(1940) Bohuslav Martinů: Premiere of the double concert for 2 string orchestras, piano and percussion, in Basel, Switzerland.
(1980) Mauricio Kagel: Premiere of Die Erschöpfung der Welt, in Stuttgart, Germany.
(1992) Wolfgang Rihm: Premiere of Die Eroberung von Mexiko, in Hamburg, Germany.
(1993) Peter Wallin: First performances of "Good Eeeevening!!!" and "Dägä Dägä" (version for 2 female soloists). Text by M.A. Numminen (Dägä).

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[details ←] Go Tell It in the Mountain, piano, vocal, , choral, vocal,
[details ←] Hold On, choral, vocal,
[details ←] Joshua Fit Da Battle of Jericho, piano, vocal,
[details ←] He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, piano, vocal,
[details ←] Ezek’el Saw the Wheel, piano, vocal,
[details ←] I Got A Home in That Rock
[details ←] Ezekiel Saw Th Wheel
[details ←] Ezekiel Saw Th Wheel
[details ←] Go Tell It On the Mountain, piano, vocal,
[details ←] He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
[details ←] He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
[details ←] Hold On
[details ←] Hold On
[details ←] I Got A Home in That Rock
[details ←] Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
[details ←] Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
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Born: 3 March 1913 — Chicago — USA
Died: 26 April 1972 — Los Angeles — USA
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Margaret Allison Bonds was an African American composer, pianist and musical director. She collaborated with the poet Langston Hughes on cantatas, musicals and song cycles. She studied Composition at Juilliard after earning her B.A. and M.A. at Northwestern Unviersity. "Troubled Water" is probably her most famous work and is based on the spiritual "Wade in the Water". Bonds won the Wanamaker Prize in 1932 for her song "Sea Ghost". Her works include the musical "Shakespeare in Harlem" and the cantata "Ballade of the Brown King".

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