Troubled Waters

Title

Troubled Waters

Description

Black composer Margaret Bonds composed "Troubled Water" for piano.

As Joel Fan describes in the comments on recorded performance on YouTube, "The poet Maya Angelou described "Troubled Water" as one of Margaret Bonds masterpieces. Based on the spiritual "Wade in the Water", Margaret Bonds conveys the power, and the emotional history of a form of communication used between slaves. A very spiritual piece, and one of my favorites. Visit my blogpost to learn more about her, and hear more of her incredible music."
Duration: 5 minutes

Creator

Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972)

Source

Black Women Composers : A Century of Piano Music (Juilcat catalogue), https://library.juilliard.edu/record=b1004295?_ga=2.165507903.1812231947.1643392936-442175251.1634920481
Samantha Ege, "Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds (Samantha Ege, piano)" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf4tZHXROwc

Date

1967

Format

0-10 minutes

Language

English

Coverage

1950-1999

Instrumentation

piano

Ensemble Type

solo

Citation

Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972), “Troubled Waters,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 22, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/80.

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