LibGuides: Music: Explore Diverse Repertoire: Solo

Piano and Organ

Eight Inventions for Piano
Kay, Ulysses (identifies as Black)
Twenty-Six Etudes for Solo Piano
Adams, H. Leslie (identifies as Black)
Three Preludes for Piano
Adams, H. Leslie (identifies as Black)
Contrasts for Piano
Adams, H. Leslie (identifies as Black)
Dream and Variations for Piano
Moore, Dorothy Rudd (identifies as Black)
A Little Whimsy for Solo PIano
Moore, Dorothy Rudd (identifies as Black)
Lemuria Fantasy for Piano
Thompson, Richard (identifies as Black)
Six Preludes for Piano
Thompson, Richard (identifies as Black)
Spiritual Fantasy No. 4 for Piano
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)
Three Movements for Piano
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)
Offering of Love for Organ
Adams, H. Leslie (identifies as Black)
Toccata on Acts 2:1-4 (A Baffling Scene) for Organ
Cheatham, Wallace McClain (identifies as Black)
Passacaglia for Organ
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)
Three Chorale Settings for Organ
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)
A Seat at the Piano: Promoting Inclusion in Piano Repertoire
Composition No. 30: for solo Piano (1972)
Braxton, Anthony (identifies as Black)
Piano Music She Wrote: Early and Late Elementary Piano Solos by Women Composers
Music by Black Composers: Repertoire for Solo Piano
Information about a 5-volume anthology of piano works by composers from Africa and the African diaspora.

Strings

Cello Bello: Suggested works by black composers for students
Music by Black Composers: Repertoire for Unaccompanied Solo Violin
List of works for solo unaccompanied violin by Black composers.
In Memorium: Lerone Bennett, Jr. for Solo Violin
Anderson, T.J. (identifies as Black)
Aurelia: In Memoriam for Solo Violin
Anderson, T.J. (identifies as Black)
Baroque Suite for Unaccompanied Cello
Moore, Dorothy Rudd (identifies as Black)
Three Showpieces for Solo Viola
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)
Khazn’s Recitative: Elu D’vorim for Solo Violin
Frank, Gabriela Lena (identifies as Latinx)
Blue/s Forms: for Violin Solo
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (identifies as Black)
Lamentations : black/folk song suite : (1980) : solo cello
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (identifies as Black)
When the Violin: for unaccompanied violin (2020)
Esmail, Reena (identifies as Indian-American)
Sonata for Solo Cello (1990)
Baker, David (identifies as Black)
Quiver for solo cello
Chacon, Raven (identifies as Native American)
Invisible Arc for solo cello
Charon, Raven (identifies as Native American)
Ta'a'go Dez’a' for singing cellist
Chacon, Raven (identifies as Native American)
The Imaginary Cellist: 7 solo pieces written for the cello
Gifrants/Marcien Guy-Frantz Toussaint (identifies as Black)
Faith and Soul: 12 solo pieces written for the cello
Gifrants/Marcien Guy-Frantz Toussaint (identifies as Black)
Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" for solo cello
Hailstork, Adolphus (identifies as Black)
First Suite for solo violoncello
Hughes, Chad "Sir Wick" (identifies as Black)
Stolen for solo cello
Loggins-Hull, Allison (identifies as Black, female)
Three Question Marks for solo violoncello
Lacy, Brian (identifies as Black)
Abraham's Sons (In Memoriam: Trayvon Martin) for Solo Violoncello
Lee III, James (identifies as Black)
Four Pieces for Violoncello
Léon, Tania (identifies as Black, Latinx)
Suite for Solo Cello
Mason, Quinn (identifies as Black)
Lamentations, Black/ Folk Song Suite for Solo Cello
Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (identifies as Black)
Meanings for Cello Alone
Seif, Sami (identifies as Lebanese)
Three Showpieces for Solo Violin
Tillis, Frederick C. (identifies as Black)

Woodwinds/Brass

Sonorities for solo soprano saxophone
Anderson, T.J. (identifies as Black)
In Memoriam Albert Lee Murray: for solo trombone
Anderson, T.J. (identifies as Black)
Flute Music by Black Composers
Contrast for solo trumpet
Anderson, T.J. (identifies as Black)

Music: Explore Diverse Repertoire: Solo

Piano and Organ

Strings

Woodwinds/Brass

Folk/World/Percussion