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Table of Contents:

• Brown arms (To mother) / poem by [Florence B. Price]
• Four negro songs. Easy goin' ; Summah night ; Dat's my gal, or The photograph ; Goo'-bye, Jinks / poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Lullaby (for a black mother) / poem by Langston Hughes
• My soul and I / poem by Melvin B. Tolson.

Author/Creator:

Price, Florence, 1887-1953 , composer, author

Contributors:

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 , author

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 , author

Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966 , author

Wright-Pryor, Barbara, 1934- , dedicatee

Cooper, John Michael , editor, author of introduction, etc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English words.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Seven songs on texts of African American poets [by Price, F.]

Included Works:

Brown arms [by Price, F.]

Negro songs [by Price, F.]

Lullaby, medium voice, piano [by Price, F.]

My soul and I. [by Price, F.]

Related Series:

Vocal music [of Price, F.] > Selections (ClarNan Editions)

Subjects:

African Americans — Music

Songs (Medium voice) with piano — Scores

Song cycles

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 — Musical settings

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 — Musical settings

Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966 — Musical settings

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Tolson, Melvin B., 1898-1966

African Americans

Songs (Medium voice) with piano

Genres:

Songs

Song cycles

Musical settings

Chamber music

Scores

Music

Performance Medium:

2 performers: medium voice; piano

General Notes:

All songs in volume composed between circa 1932 and 1947.
Dedicated to Barbara Wright-Pryor.
Also available in a transposed version for high voice.
With a foreword and critical notes by editor in English. Based on various autograph sources.
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

1 score (vi, 41 pages) ; 31 cm.

Call Numbers:

M1620.P916 S4 2024

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, ClarNan Editions: CN127
Publisher Number, ClarNan Editions: C127

OCLC Numbers:

1419033001