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Table of Contents:

• Heart on the wall. Heart ; Remembrance ; Girl ; Havana dreams ; For dead mimes / Robert Owens ; poems by Langston Hughes (11:46)
• Myths of history. Africa ; History ; Slavery / Julius P. Williams ; based on the text of Edgar Toppin (7:47)
• Lyric suite. Dramatic declaration : Rockin' Jerusalem! ; Gospel blues : What shall I do? ; Humoresque : Scandaliz' my name! ; Lament : This may be my las' time ; Juba : Ev'ry time I feel the spirit / Robert L. Morris ; based on traditional texts (18:25)
• Songs of Harriet Tubman. My name is Araminta ; My name is Harriet, now ; I am Harriet Tubman, free woman ; I am Moses, the liberator / Nkeiru Okoye (25:03).

Author/Creator:

Toppin, Louise , performer

Contributors:

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Toppin, Edgar Allan, 1928-

Williams, Julius P. , conductor

Owens, Robert, 1925-2017

Morris, Robert L. (Robert Leigh), 1941-

Okoye, Nkeiru

Dvořák Symphony Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Sung in English.

Main Work:

Heart on the wall: African American art songs for orchestra [by Toppin, L.]

Included Works:

Heart on the wall [by Owens, R.]

Myths of history [by Williams, J.P.]

Lyric suite [by Morris, R.L.]

When I crossed that line to freedom [by Okoye, N.] (Selections)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Heart on the wall [by Toppin, L.] (Albany, NY : Albany Records ; [Durham, N.C.] : Videmus Records, [2011] — OCLC Number 758437068)

Subjects:

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 — Musical settings

Toppin, Edgar Allan, 1928- — Musical settings

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Song cycles

Operas — Excerpts

Music by African American composers

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Musical settings

Operas

Performers:

Louise Toppin, soprano ; Dvorak Symphony Orchestra ; Julius Williams, conductor.

General Notes:

The 4th work arias from an opera.
Program and biographical notes with texts in English in container.
Recorded 2006-2007, Prague Radio Hall, Prague, Czech Republic.
Description based on hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131401
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131402
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131403
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131404
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131405
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131406
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131407
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131408
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131409
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131410
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131411
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131412
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131413
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131414
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131415
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131416
International Standard Recording Code: USAB11131417
Publisher Number, Albany: TROY1314

OCLC Numbers:

811645827