Prelude for Piano

Program Note: "While still a junior [at Westminster Choir College], she composed a 1-page, 29-measure Prelude for Piano. This earliest surviving composition by Perry can be found in the library’s collection in Black Women Composers: A Century of Piano Music (1893-1990). The influence of the blues on Perry's early harmonic language can be heard in this short piece, in her use of extended chords such as ninths and elevenths and blue notes. A traditional A-A-B blues structure also frames the work." - LA Public Library