Rachel, thanks for putting this out there. As an African, I have already learned so much by listening to this piece. You deserve our thanks and gratitude for bringing this back to a people that have lost so much of its history!
"European-Americans"? Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, etc. were not American. They were German. Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev were Russian, etc. Also, to suggest, as this story does that it's somehow unusual or unorthadox for black people to be classical musicians I think reveals more about the persons who wrote this piece than does Barton-Pine's efforts to give black music the airing it deserves.
Rachel, thanks for putting this out there. As an African, I have already learned so much by listening to this piece. You deserve our thanks and gratitude for bringing this back to a people that have lost so much of its history!
Drazen2396 4 years ago
jeez
i was waiting for them to say the composer's name like the whole thing!
if anybody knows the composer please tell!
xXLeafXNinjaXx 4 years ago
the Chevalier de Meude-Monpas from the late 18th Century France
RachelBartonPine 4 years ago
"European-Americans"? Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, etc. were not American. They were German. Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev were Russian, etc. Also, to suggest, as this story does that it's somehow unusual or unorthadox for black people to be classical musicians I think reveals more about the persons who wrote this piece than does Barton-Pine's efforts to give black music the airing it deserves.
Hyenaman82 4 years ago
Is that Harry Porterfield and Sylvia Perez subbing for Ron and Cheryl?
lviefortoday 4 years ago
Why Yes...Yes It Is!
ctmajka 4 years ago
Sorry...Sylvia is doing it solo.
ctmajka 4 years ago