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Table of Contents:

• Sometimes I'm not myself / Dolores White ; Felix Morisseau-Leroy (2:26)
• Bed bug / Dolores White ; oral tradition (2:46)
• The foolish heart / Jacqueline Hairston ; Countee Cullen (1:49)
• Three Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, op. 20 / Robert Owens ; Herman Hesse (8:44)
• A love cycle. A love song (2:37) ; Herz, mein Herz (1:57) ; Adieu (5:02) / Marques L.A. Garrett ; Paul Laurence Dunbar, Heinrich Heine, and anonymous texts
• She sat down far freedom / Jacqueline Hairston ; Jacqueline Hairston and traditional texts (4:15)
• Nightfall / Carlos Simon, Jr. ; Courtney Ware (5:49)
• The reaction / Matthew Taylor (6:17)
• A death song / Howard Swanson ; Paul Laurence Dunbar (3:43)
• Day / Lena McLin ; Paul Laurence Dunbar (2:02)
• Compensation / Marques L.A. Garrett ; Paul Laurence Dunbar (2:02)
• Take, O take those lips away / George Walker ; William Shakespeare (2:24)
• Absalom (second book of Samuel) (3:28) ; Nunc dimittis (liturgical text) (4:04) / Eugene Hancock.

Contributors:

DuPont, Carl , singer

Thompson, Gregory (Pianist) , instrumentalist

Morisseau-Leroy, Félix, 1912-1998 , author

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 , author

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 , author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 , author

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 , author

Ware, Courtney , author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 , author

White, Dolores

Hairston, Jacqueline B.

Owens, Robert, 1925-2017

Garrett, Marques L. A., 1984-

Simon, Carlos, Jr., 1986-

Taylor, Matthew Evan, 1980-

Swanson, Howard, 1907-1978

McLin, Lena, 1928-2023

Walker, George, 1922-2018

Hancock, Eugene W. (Eugene Wilson), 1929-1994

University of North Carolina at Charlotte , sponsoring body

Languages:

English
German
French

Language Notes:

Sung in English (principally), German, and French.

Included Works:

Sometimes I'm not myself [by White, D.]

Bed bug [by White, D.]

Cullen's trilogy [by Hairston, J.B.] > Foolish heart

Lieder [by Owens, R.] > Op. 20

Love cycle [by Garrett, M.L.A.] (Selections)

She sat down for freedom [by Hairston, J.B.]

While you were dreaming [by Simon, C.] > Nightfall

Reaction [by Taylor, M.E.]

Death song [by Swanson, H.]

Day [by McLin, L.]

Compensation [by Garrett, M.L.A.]

Take, O take those lips away [by Walker, G.]

Absalom [by Hancock, E.W.]

Nunc dimittis [by Hancock, E.W.]

Subjects:

Morisseau-Leroy, Félix, 1912-1998 — Musical settings

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 — Musical settings

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962 — Musical settings

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 — Musical settings

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 — Musical settings

Ware, Courtney — Musical settings

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 — Musical settings

Bible — Samuel, 2nd — Musical settings

Songs (Low voice) with piano

Music by African American composers

Morisseau-Leroy, Félix, 1912-1998

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Bible — Samuel, 2nd

Bible

Genres:

Songs

Musical settings

Performers:

Carl DuPont, bass-baritone ; Gregory Thompson, piano.

Performance Medium:

2 performers: bass-baritone voice; piano
2 performers: bass voice; piano

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
A disc of art songs by African-American composers.
This project was sponsored by UNC Charlotte's Faculty Research Grant and the Chancellor's Diversity Challenge Fund.
Recorded 2018 January 3-6 Acoustic Barn Productions, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Program and biographical notes in English and texts with English translation (14 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (59 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 20

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 158,832

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 034061173526
Publisher Number, Albany Records: TROY1735

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019657671

OCLC Numbers:

1043462429