| Other author/creator | Simmons, Margaret R., compiler. |
| Other author/creator | Wagner, Jeanine (Jeanine F.), compiler. |
| Other author/creator | Sherrill, Barbara, arranger of music. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Adams, Leslie, 1932- Amazing grace. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Adams, Leslie, 1932- Nightsongs. Creole girl. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Adams, Leslie, 1932- Wider view. My man. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Bailey, Mable, 1939- Child's world. Seven days. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Bailey, Mable, 1939- Child's world. Birthday song. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Brown, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1940-2021. Black sheep, black sheep. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Brown, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1940-2021. Leisure cruise. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Brown, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1940-2021. Pied beauty. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Cheatham, Wallace. Giovanni songs. Three/quarters time. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hailstork, Adolphus C. Songs of love and justice. Difficulties. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hailstork, Adolphus C. Dunbar lyrics. Awakening. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hailstork, Adolphus C. Dunbar lyrics. Good night. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hailstork, Adolphus C. Create in me. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hairston, Jacqueline B. On consciousness streams. On consciousness streams. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hairston, Jacqueline B. On consciousness streams. Thou alone canst inspire. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hairston, Jacqueline B. On consciousness streams. Season of remembrance. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Henderson, William H., 1941- Songs. Valentine's Day. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Henderson, William H., 1941- Songs. How should I your true love know. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Herbison, Jeraldine Saunders. Art songs. I'll not forget. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Herbison, Jeraldine Saunders. Art songs. We met by chance. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): King, Betty Jackson, 1928-1994. Theology. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): King, Betty Jackson, 1928-1994. Compensation. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): McDaniel, William Foster, 1940- Love songs. Gramercy Park. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): McDaniel, William Foster, 1940- Love songs. Union Square. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Moore, Undine S. Lyric for Truelove. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Motley, Byron. Moods of my people. Daedalus, fly away home. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Motley, Byron. Moods of my people. Mae's rent party. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Motley, Byron. Moods of my people. Club woman. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Owens, Robert, 1925-2017. Heart on the wall. Heart. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Owens, Robert, 1925-2017. Heart on the wall. Girl. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Owens, Robert, 1925-2017. Heart on the wall. Havana dreams. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Shanti, Nadine. Clear water. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Tillis, Frederick, 1930-2020. Singing for the sake of my soul. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): White, Dolores. Velvet shoes. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): White, Dolores. Nails. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): White, Dolores. That black reef. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Williams, Julius P. Song. |
| Variant title |
Art songs by African American composers |
| Physical medium | 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents |
Amazing grace / Leslie Adams -- Nightsongs. Creole girl / Leslie Adams -- The Wider view. Love come and gone ; My man / Leslie Adams -- Child's world. Seven days ; Birthday song ; Seasons / Mable Bailey -- Black sheep, black sheep ; Leisure cruise ; Pied beauty / Charles S. Brown -- The Giovanni Songs. Three/Quarters time / Wallace McClain Cheatham -- Songs of love and justice (On texts of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.). Difficulties / Adolphus Hailstork -- Five Dunbar Lyrics. The awakening ; Good night / Adolphus Hailstork -- Create in me / Adolphus Hailstork. -- On consciousness streams. On consciousness streams ; Thou alone canst inspire ; The season of remembrance / Jacqueline B. Hairston. -- Five songs for soprano and piano. Valentine's day ; How should I your true love know / William H. Henderson. -- Five art songs for voice and piano. I'll not forget ; We met by chance / Jeraldine Saunders Herbison. -- Theology ; Compensation / Betty Jackson King. -- Four love songs. Gramercy Park ; Union square / William Foster McDaniel. -- Lyric for Truelove / Undine Smith Moore. -- The moods of my people. Daedalus, fly away home ; Mae's rent party ; Club woman / Byron Motley and Barbara Sherrill. -- Heart ; Girl ; Havana dreams / Robert Owens. -- Clear water / Nadine Shanti. -- Singing for the sake of my soul / Frederick Tillis. -- Velvet shoes ; Nails ; That black reef / Dolores White. -- A song / Julius P. Williams. |
| Abstract |
The art song--a delicate and inspiring blend of music and poetry--has been performed by singers and pianists and appreciated by audiences around the world for more than two hundred years. While collections of art songs abound, this welcome volume and its accompanying compact discs make readily available the contributions of contemporary African American composers to the popular genre. Including thirty-nine pieces for voice and piano created since 1968 by eighteen artists, A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers navigates a varied musical terrain from classical European traditions to jazz and spirituals. With nearly half of the featured songs composed by women and with others by lesser-known and emerging composers, this important collection offers a diverse, representative sampling of African American art songs and works to secure the places of these songs and artists in the canon of contemporary American music. -- Selected by Jeanine Wagner and Margaret R. Simmons, prolific and celebrated performers who have presented recitals throughout the world featuring the art songs of African American composers, this dazzling new repertoire of twentieth-century music is cogently framed by a thorough introduction and substantial biographies of each composer. The compact discs feature piano tracks of all thirty-nine compositions. -- The featured composers are H. Leslie Adams, Mable Bailey, Charles S. Brown, Wallace McClain Cheatham, Adolphus Hailstork, Jacqueline B. Hairston, William H. Henderson, Jeraldine Saunders Herbison, Betty Jackson King, William Foster McDaniel, Undine Smith Moore, Byron Motley, Barbara Sherrill, Robert Owens, Nadine Shanti, Frederick Tillis, Dolores White, and Julius P. Williams. |
| Local note | Little--305140021661 |
| Local note | Little--305140026744 |
| Local note | EMUSIC- 305140009252 |
| Local note | Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY SCORE ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib CD-10500. |
| General note | Includes compact discs with accompaniments performed by Margaret R. Simmons. |
| Language | English words. |
| Genre/form | Chamber music. |
| Genre/form | Music. |
| Genre/form | Scores. |
| Genre/form | Songs. |
| Genre/form | Songs. |
| Genre/form | Music. |
| Genre/form | Chamber music. |
| Genre/form | Scores. |
| LCCN | 2004541257 |
| ISBN | 0809325233 |
| ISBN | 9780809325238 |
| Publisher number | 0809325233 (pbk.:alk. paper) |
