Biography
Elwood began to study piano when he was five years old. He was a musical prodigy. In sixth grade he wrote a piece for piano that he performed at the graduation ceremony.Home, Aaron, ''Woodwind Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography'', Music Reference Collection Series 24, Greenwood Publishing (1990), 52-53. Print. In high school, he learned (and composed for) orchestral instruments.Home, Aaron, ''Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography'', Greenwood Publishing (1996), 218. Print. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano and composition from Lincoln University in 1957. There he studied composition with David Baker. In 1963, he earned a Master of Music at theWorks
Works for orchestra
*1950 Rhapsody Symphonique for piano and orchestra *1950 Serenade for Tulsa, for piano and orchestra *1951 For L'Overture, for piano and orchestra *1952 Dance for English horn and orchestra *1952 rev. 1955 Scherzo I, for solo clarinet and orchestra *1955 - 1975 Two Pieces for string quartet and brass 1. The Solent 2. Inertia *1956 Nocturne for a Winter Night, horn, harp and strings *1956 - 1,957 Episodes for piano and chamber orchestra *1957 Scherzo II, for Clarinet and Orchestra (Revision of Rhapsody Symphonique) *1959 - 1974 Concerto for cello and orchestra 1. Recitative 2. Spiritual 3. Variations *1963 rev. 1989 ... And so Faustus Gained the World and Lost his Soul (Whatever Happened to Humanity?), For chamber orchestra; revised version for orchestra *1968 Scherzo IV, for clarinet and orchestra *1968 - 1975 Harambee (Let's all pull together), for orchestra *1969 Concerto for piano and orchestra *1969 Editorial I, for orchestra *1969 Scherzo III, for clarinet and orchestra *1972-1973 Overture, for orchestra *1973 Scherzo for Cello and Orchestra *1974-1975 Two Pieces for trumpet and string orchestra 1. Spiritual 3. Jumpin 'Dance *1976-1978 Tutankhamen: Trumpets, trumpet, trumpet (tape), string orchestra and percussion *1979-1980 From Remembering the vainglorious Luminescene revealed on That Day ... at Olduvai, for orchestra *1980-1981 O Sun of real Peace, for chamber orchestra *1980-1981 Three Orchestra Pieces, for orchestra 1. Arawak 2. Citadel 3. Makandal *1983 Abeng, for horn and string orchestra *1987 No Ideology in the World (or out of it) is worth the death of a Worm, for chamber orchestra *1988 - 1989 Adams-Campbell: "Whosoever Will", for orchestra *1988 - 1989 Concert for tuba and orchestraWorks for band
*1951 March No. 1 in C minor., For piano and wind band (dedicated to: Booker T. Washington) *1953 March No. 2 for piano and wind band *1954 March *1969-1971 Four Marches *1981 Booker T. Washington Speech: 1897 Boston, Massachusetts, for mixed choir and band *1982 54th Regiment, for choir and band *1982 We Wear the Mask, for choir, organ and concertMasses and other church music
*1957 Ps 2000, for baritone solo, mixed choir, woodwinds and brass, and percussion - text: the composer *1970, rev. 1975 - 1976, rev. 1977 Barely time to study Jesus, for seven readers, soloists and mixed choir, orchestra and percussion - text: Robert Chute poem about Nat Turner *1972 - 1973 Lest thou bless me, for speaker, mixed choir, concert band and organ - text: Robert Chute 3rd poem by black history *1974 rev. 1978 Magnificat, for alto, baritone, mixed choir, organ, woodwinds and brass - text: William Edward Burghardt Du BoisOperas
*1957 College Sonata *1972 - 1974 The Other Foot, Ray BradburyTheatre music
*1955 Foresight of time and the University, monologue (a science fiction scene of the creation of the world) with clarinet, trumpet and percussion - text: the composer *1962 Entr'acte for "The chairs", horn, bassoon and piano - text: Eugène Ionesco *1965 The Tempest - text: William Shakespeare *1969 The Feast of Unity, for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed choir, flute, oboe, alto saxophone, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, piano / harp, percussion, string octet, actors and dancers - text: Sam White, Sharon Lockhard and othersWorks for choir
*1953 Greenwood Rhythm, for dancers, mixed (or unison) choir, wind ensemble (clarinets, saxophones, horns, trumpets) and percussion - text: the composer *1962 -1963 The Damnation of Doctor Faustus, for tenor, mixed choir and chamber orchestra - text: Christopher Marlowe *1973 St. Peter relates an incident, for readers, soprano, tenor bass solo, mixed choir, (small) band and organ - Text: James Weldon Johnson *1976 -1978 Song of the Liberty Bell, for three speakers, baritone solo, mixed choir and orchestra - text: Lewis Allan *1985 - 1986 Harriet Tubman: Booker T. Washington speech Auburn, New York ... 1913, for mixed choir and orchestra *Confession, for speaker, soloists, mixed choir and orchestra - text: Nat Turner "Confession"Vocal
*1954 rev. 1958 Suggestion for the Century, men's quartet and orchestra (dedicated to Russell Jelliffe and John F. Kennedy) *1969 Song on a Poem of William Blake, for high voice and piano *1983 - 1984 Mandolin, for mezzo-soprano / baritone and small orchestra - Text: Rita DoveChamber music
*1954 Meditation and Change of Thought, trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba *1954 Fanfare and March, for trumpet and organ *1956 Hymn and Deviation (Brass Quartet), for brass quartet (trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba) *1956 Sonata for tuba and piano *1957 Blues and Dance I, for clarinet and piano *1959 Duet for horn and trombone *1962 Quartet for violin, viola, horn and bassoon *1967 Lament for dancers, clarinet, trumpet, trombone and percussion *1968 Sonata for trombone and piano *1968 Trio for clarinet, horn and tuba *1974 Fanfayre, five trumpets *1974 - 1975 Sonata II, for tuba and piano 1. Recitation 2. Rag 3. Spiritual *1988 On the Third Day ... Osiris Rose, for double bass and piano *1988 Where are you Robert Johnson?, For instrumental ensemble *1992 Isis and Osiris, for bass, keyboard, drums and dancers For three instruments, clarinet, tuba and pianoWorks for piano
*1977 5 FolksongsBibliography
*Evelyn Davidson White, ''Choral Music by African American Composers - A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, Second Edition, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 226. *Aaron Horne, David N. Baker, ''Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography'', Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996. 521. *Aaron Horne, Dominique-Rene de Lerma, ''String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography'', New York: Greenwood Press, 1991. *Aaron Horne, ''Woodwind Music of Black Composers'', New York: Greenwood Press, 1990, 145. *Jacqueline Lynn Pickett, ''John Elwood Price: A coalescence of life, culture, and music in his Jumbo Deviation and I for unaccompanied double bass'', Center for Black Music Research (618 S Michigan) in 1996. *Hildred Roach, ''Black American Music: Past and Present'', Second Edition, Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668. *Madison H. Carter, ''An Annotated Catalog of Composers of African Ancestry'', New York: Vantage Press, 1986. *Ruth E. Anderson, ''Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary'', Second Edition, Boston: GK Hall, 1982, 578. *Carol Tomasic, Alice Tischler: ''15 black American composers: A Bibliography of Their Works'', Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1981. *Eileen Southern, ''Biographical Dictionary of African-American and African Musicians'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478. *''Composers of the Americas: Biographical Data and Catalog of Their Works'', Volume 19, Washington, DC: Secretaria General, Organizacion de los Estados Americanos, 1977.Awards
*References
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