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Table of Contents:

• The ballad of the Brown King / libretto by Langston Hughes (23:34)
• To a brown girl dead / text by Countee Cullen (2:06)
• Winter moon / text by Langston Hughes (1:15)
• Three dream portraits. Minstrel man ; Dream variation ; I, too / texts by Langston Hughes (7:00).

Author/Creator:

Bonds, Margaret , composer

Contributors:

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 , author

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 , author

Mitchell, Laquita , singer

Bradford, Lucia , singer

Stewart, Noah, 1978- , singer

Merriweather, Malcolm J. , conductor, singer, arranger of music

Jackson, Ashley (Harpist) , instrumentalist

Dessoff Choirs , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Dessoff Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Vocal music [of Bonds, M.] (Selections)

Included Works:

Ballad of the Brown King [by Bonds, M.] (arranged)

To a brown girl dead [by Bonds, M.]

Winter moon [by Bonds, M.]

Dream portraits [by Bonds, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Ballad of the Brown King & selected songs [by Bonds, M.] (Surrey, UK : Avie, [2019] — OCLC Number 1127117836)

Subjects:

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 — Musical settings

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 — Musical settings

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with string orchestra

Ballads, English

Songs (Medium voice) with harp

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Genres:

Musical settings

Performers:

1st work: Laquita Mitchell, soprano ; Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano ; Noah Stewart, tenor ; The Dessoff Choirs & Orchestra ; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor ; remainder: Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone ; Ashley Jackson, harp.

General Notes:

The 1st work arranged by the conductor for strings, harp and organ.
Recorded 2018-2019.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sound file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907098
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907099
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907100
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907101
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907102
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907103
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907104
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907105
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907106
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907107
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907108
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907109
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907110
International Standard Recording Code: GBELX1907111
Publisher Number, Avie Records: AV2413

OCLC Numbers:

1159241063