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Songs For High Voice: An Annotated Guide To African Romances, Op. 17 By Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Makeda Danielle Hampton
Songs For High Voice: An Annotated Guide To African Romances, Op. 17 By Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Makeda Danielle Hampton
Theses and Dissertations--Music
African Romances, Op. 17, composed in 1897 by African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), is a collection of seven songs for high voice that is uniquely both African and American. The lyrics of this song cycle were first published in the book Majors and Minors, a collection of poems published in 1895 by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).
An analysis of resources supports that academic discourse in Black vocal music has been underrepresented due to the absence of centralized information, such as published scores, recorded materials, catalogs, and guides for study and performance. While in depth research focusing on the art …
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton
Joanne Braxton
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program
Joanne Braxton
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program Pdf
Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program Pdf
Joanne Braxton
Cunningham, James And Cunningham, Margaret, Bronx African American History Project
Cunningham, James And Cunningham, Margaret, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewees: James and Margaret Cunningham
Interviewers: Mark Naison and Natasha Lightfoot
Date: January 9, 2006
Summarized by Leigh Waterbury
James Cunningham was born in the Bronx in 1918 and describes what life was like in his household and his neighborhood. His father was a light-skinned black man who was considered colored while in WWI, and later when he moved to New York City to work as a customs inspector he was able to pass as white, which likely helped him to acquire that position. James attended PS 23 elementary school in his neighborhood around 167th street, where he was …