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7 Songs on Texts of African American Poets - High Voice
Catalog: C128
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Description
These 7 songs on texts of African American poets are milestones in the modern Florence Price movement, Black art song, and twentieth-century song generally. Based on poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Melvin B. Tolson, and Florence Price herself, they deal with topics including a courtship and romance among working-class Black folk, maternal love and longing, and the sources of artistic inspiration. Their style ranges from almost operatic drama through musical theater to the profound intimacy that is the special domain of art song. The composer shared the four Dunbar songs with the great contralto Marian Anderson (a friend), and submitted Brown Arms to the Wanamaker Competition in 1931 or 1932. This volume, based on Florence Price’s autographs, marks the songs’ world-premiere publication. Performance score only
Table of Contents:
- My Soul and I - poem by Melvin Tolson
- Lullaby (For a Black Mother) - poem by Langston Hughes
- 4. Goo'-bye, Jinks
- 3. Dat's My Gal, or The Photograph
- 2. Summah Night
- 1. Easy-goin'
- Four Negro Songs - poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Brown Arms (To Mother) - poem by Florence Price
| Publisher: | ClarNan |
| Composer/Author: | Price, Florence B. |
| Catalog Number: | C128 |
| Pages: | 42 |