Black composers in art song / compiled and edited by Louise Toppin.

Format Musical Score
EditionLow voice and piano.
Publication[Milwaukee, Wisconsin] : Hal Leonard, [2026]
Description1 score (64 pages) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorToppin, Louise, compiler, editor, writer of added commentary.
Included WorkAdams, Leslie, 1932-2024. Wider view. Homesick blues.
Included WorkSaint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799. Dans un bois solitaire.
Included WorkBonds, Margaret. Songs on poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. What lips my lips have kissed.
Included WorkBurleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949. Now sleeps the crimson petal.
Included WorkGarrett, Marques L. A., 1984- Love cycle. Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen.
Included WorkColeridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. Willow song.
Included WorkEvans, Jeremiah, 1978- Butterfly upon the sky.
Included WorkHailstork, Adolphus C. Thou art the soul of a summer's day.
Included WorkKing, Betty Jackson, 1928-1994. In the spring time.
Included WorkJohnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954. Since you went away.
Included WorkMoore, Undine S. I want to die while you love me.
Included WorkNickerson, Camille. Fais do, do.
Included WorkPrice, Florence, 1887-1953. Hold fast to dreams.
Included WorkStill, William Grant, 1895-1978. Grief.
Included WorkThompson, Richard, 1954- Dream variations.
Contents The butterfly upon the sky / Jeremiah Evans ; [words by] Emily Dickinson -- Dans un bois solitaire / Joseph Bologne ; [words by] Antoine Houdart de la Motte -- Dream variations / Richard Thompson ; [words by] Langston Hughes -- Fais do do : traditional Creole song / arranged by Camille Nickerson -- Grief / William Grant Still ; [words by] Leroy V. Brant -- Herz, Mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen / Marques Garrett ; [words by] Heinrich Heine -- Hold fast to dreams / Florence Price ; [words by] Langston Hughes -- Homesick blues / Leslie Adams ; [words by] Langston Hughes -- I want to die while you love me / Undine Smith Moore ; [words by] Georgia Douglas Johnson -- In the springtime / Betty Jackson King ; [words by] William Shakespeare -- Now sleeps the crimson petal / Harry T. Burleigh ; [words by] Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- Since you went away / J. Rosamond Johnson ; [words by] J. Rosamond Johnson -- Thou art the soul of a summer's day / Adolphus Hailstork ; [words by] Paul Laurence Dunbar -- What lips my lips have kissed / Margaret Bonds ; [words by] Edna St. Vincent Millay -- The willow song / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ; [words by] William Shakespeare.
General notePrincipally sung in English except Fais Do Do and Dans un bois solitaire, which are sung in French, and Herz, mein Herz, which is sung in German. French and German words are printed before the score as text with English translation
General noteForeword by Louise Toppin and biographical notes about the composers in English.
UPC 196288267706
Standard identifier# 9790350133998
Publisher numberHL01720282 Hal Leonard

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