| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
American classics
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American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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| Note |
Songs to words by Langston Hughes, with poems interspersed. |
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"This collection of songs written by 20th century American composers on the poet's texts celebrates the centenary of his birth."--Container. |
| Performer |
Darryl Taylor, tenor; William Warfield, reader; Maria Corley, piano; Patricia Terry-Ross, harp. |
| Event |
Recorded July 23, 2001, WFMT Radio, Chicago, Ill.; and Dec. 18-21, 2001, Great Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes on Hughes by Arnold Rampersad in English with German and French translations, and notes on the composers by Dominique-René DeLerma in English (8 p.) in container. |
| Contents |
My people (:22) -- Heart on the wall. Heart / Robert Owens (1:34) -- Shadow of the blues. Island / John Musto (1:31) -- The weary blues (2:10) -- Shadow of the blues. Litany / John Musto (3:26) -- Songs of separation. A black Pierrot / William Grant Still (2:05) -- Beyond the rim of day. March moon / Hale Smith (2:25) -- Negro (1:02) -- The negro speaks of rivers / Margaret Bonds (4:24) -- Genius child. My people / Ricky Ian Gordon (3:28) -- Song to the dark Virgin / Florence Price (2:08) -- Evil (:13) -- Joy / Howard Swanson (:51) -- Street scene. Lonely house / Kurt Weill (3:48) -- Three dream portraits. Minstrel man / Margaret Bonds (2:15) -- Sunday morning prophecy (1:11) -- Fields of wonder. In time of silver rain / Harriette Davision (1:16) -- Four songs of Langston Hughes. Carolina cabin / Jean Berger (2:08) -- Madam and the census taker (:50) -- Lovely, dark and lonely one / Harry T. Burleigh (2:02) -- Sylverter's dying bed (1:16) -- Dreamer. Sandman ; Birth : Bound no'th blues ; To Artina ; Down where I am ; The dream weaver ; Bouquet / Erik Santos (24:37) -- Still here (:35). |
| Language |
Sung and read in English. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
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Songs (High voice) with harp.
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Songs (High voice) with harp. |
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Musicals -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Musicals -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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Compact discs.
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| Subject |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Musical settings.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Arrangements (Music)
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Arrangements (Music)
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, lyricist.
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Warfield, William, narrator.
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Corley, Maria, performer.
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Terry-Ross, Patricia, performer.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Poems. Selections.
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Owens, Robert, 1925-2017.
Heart on the wall. Heart.
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Musto, John, 1954-
Shadow of the blues. Island.
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Musto, John, 1954-
Shadow of the blues. Litany.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Songs of separation. Black Pierrot.
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Smith, Hale, 1925-2009.
Beyond the rim of day. March moon.
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Bonds, Margaret.
Negro speaks of rivers.
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Bonds, Margaret.
Dream portraits. Minstrel man.
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Gordon, Ricky Ian.
Genius child. My people.
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Price, Florence, 1887-1953.
Song to the dark virgin.
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Swanson, Howard, 1907-1978.
Joy.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Street scene. Lonely house; arranged.
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Davison Watkins, Harriette, 1923-1978.
Fields of wonder. In time of silver rain.
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Berger, Jean, 1909-2002.
Songs (1951). Carolina cabin.
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Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949.
Lovely, dark and lonely one.
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Santos, Erik.
Dreamer.
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| Added Title |
Portrait of Langston Hughes |
| Music No. |
8.559136 Naxos |
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