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Author:

Price, Florence, 1887-1953, author. author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtgYYHCfccyhWVx88qRKd

Title:

Seven songs on texts of African American poets : (transposed for high voice) / Florence B. Price ; poems by Florence B. Price, Melvin B. Tolson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes ; edited by John Michael Cooper.

Edition:

First publication.
High voice.

Publisher:

ClarNan Editionsa division of Classical Vocal Reprints,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

1 score (vi, 41 pages) ; 31 cm

Subject:

Price, Florence,--1887-1953--Musical settings.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence,--1872-1906--Musical settings.
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967--Musical settings.
Tolson, Melvin B.,--1898-1966--Musical settings.
Songs (High voice) with piano.
American poetry--African American authors--Musical settings.
Musical settings.
Scores.
Songs.
Chamber music.

Other Authors:

Cooper, John Michael, editor.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906, author.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, author.
Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966, author.
Price, Florence, 1887-1953, author.

Other Titles:

Songs. Selections

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. Program notes, critical commentary and biographical information on the composer, the poets and the editor in English.

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).

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1419033175

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)