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Table of Contents:

• The cotton weeps (baritone) / text by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• The night before the run (mezzo) / text by Alora Young
• They took my sister (mezzo) / text by Lauren Alleyne
• Homegoing for the people of the sun (baritone) / text by Trapeta B. Mayson
• Cotton in the arms of the mountains (mezzo) / text by Nikki Giovanni
• When the ancestors speak (baritone) / text by Glenis Redmond
• When the angels come (baritone) / text by Afaa M. Weaver
• The struggle goes on : a mural speaks (mezzo) / text by Charlotte Blake Alston.

Author/Creator:

Geter, Damien, 1980- , composer

Contributors:

Joseph, Marc Bamuthi , author

Young, Alora , author

Alleyne, Lauren K. , author

Mayson, Trapeta B. , author

Giovanni, Nikki , author

Redmond, Glenis , author

Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951- , author

Alston, Charlotte Blake , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words; also printed separately preceding score.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Cotton: a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano [by Geter, D.]

Included Works:

Cotton [by Geter, D.]

Subjects:

Joseph, Marc Bamuthi — Musical settings

Young, Alora — Musical settings

Alleyne, Lauren K. — Musical settings

Mayson, Trapeta B. — Musical settings

Giovanni, Nikki — Musical settings

Redmond, Glenis — Musical settings

Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951- — Musical settings

Alston, Charlotte Blake — Musical settings

Song cycles

Songs (Medium voice) with piano

Genres:

Musical settings

Song cycles

Chamber music

Scores

Performance Medium:

3 performers: mezzo-soprano voice; baritone voice; piano

General Notes:

Song cycle; individual songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone voice with piano.
Brief composer's note in English.
Commissioned by Lyric Fest.

Physical Description:

1 score (iv, 56 pages) ; 31 cm

Call Numbers:

M1621.4.G478 C6 2022

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Music Number: 9790094001939
Publisher Number, Just a Theory Press: 112-006-PV
Publisher Number, Just a Theory Press: JA 112-009 PV

OCLC Numbers:

1373954141