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I won this on eBay for a couple of US bucks, to fill in my Reinecke collection.  I've heard only snippets of the works.  Does anyone know them? Comments? 

Clarinet Trio in A Major Op.264
Fantasiestücke Op.22
Clarinet Sonata "Undine" Op.167bis
Introduction and Allegro appassionato Op.256

The Toccata "pipeline" shows three piano concertos of Gonzalo Curiel (1904-1958).  To me, an unknown entity - but from a small clip of his first PC the sound is lushly romantic.  I don't know if this carries throughout, but I'll wait for Toccata to put up some samples once the CD is on the books.

A recent visit to the MusicWeb International (to order some Acte Préalable CDs) site brings up only a blank page.

Searching via Google and the message is "permanently closed."

Is this true?  If so, what a shame.

So, arriving on the heels of the conspicuous renaissance of the music of Florence Price, now comes a "re-orchestration" of the Piano Concerto of Helen Hagan who was, in 1912, the first black woman graduate of Yale University.

Apparently her only extant work is this concerto (1912) which has partially survived in a two-piano arrangement - and now orchestrated by Yale alumna/composer Soomin Kim. The work will be performed at Yale (Yale Philharmonia) on October 21st, at 7:30 pm US Eastern time.  There might be a streaming channel available (usually is) but no information at the moment.

This première is far from an earth-shaking event, but it does underscore, for better or worse, the blossoming attention being focused on hitherto deeply unsung African-American composers.