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Seven songs on texts of African American poets / Florence B. Price ; poems by Florence B. Price, Melvin B. Tolson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes ; edited by John Michael Cooper.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1620.P75 C6 2024
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Price, Florence, 1887-1953, composer, author.
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906, author.
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, author.
- Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966, author.
- Price, Florence, 1887-1953, author.
- Series:
- Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Selections (ClarNan Editions) Vocal music.
- Music of Florence Price. Vocal music
- Standardized Title:
- Songs. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Price, Florence, 1887-1953--Musical settings.
- Price, Florence.
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Musical settings.
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence.
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Musical settings.
- Hughes, Langston.
- Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966--Musical settings.
- Tolson, Melvin B.
- Songs (High voice) with piano--Scores.
- Songs (High voice) with piano.
- Song cycles.
- American poetry--African American authors--Musical settings.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Song cycles.
- Musical settings.
- Chamber music.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (vi, 41 pages) ; 31 cm.
- Edition:
- First publication.
- Transposed for high voice.
- Other Title:
- 7 songs on texts of African American poets
- Songs on texts of African American poets
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville, AR : ClarNan Editions/Classical Vocal Reprints, [2024]
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- Contents:
- Brown arms (To Mother) / (poem by Florence Price)
- Four Negro songs. Easy-goin' ; Summah night ; Dat's my gal, or The photograph ; Goo'-bye Jinks / (poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar)
- Lullaby (For a Black mother) / (poem by Langston Hughes)
- My soul and I / (poem by Melvin B. Tolson).
- Notes:
- Originally for medium voice; transposed for high voice.
- This is the first edition of these songs, which were composed by Price between 1932 and 1947.
- Based on various autograph sources primarily from the University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Special Collections, Florence Beatrice Smith Price Collection.
- Includes program notes, critical commentary and biographical information on the composer, the poets and the editor.
- Contains:
- Container of: Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Brown arms.
- Container of: Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Negro songs.
- Container of: Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Lullaby, medium voice, piano
- Container of: Price, Florence, 1887-1953. My soul and I.
- OCLC:
- 1419033175
- Publisher Number:
- C128 ClarNan Editions, a division of Classical Vocal Reprints
- CN128 ClarNan Editions
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