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Art Songs By Black American Composers
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Here is a very rare double album of performances of Black American compositions in the art song genre. Performers include Uzee Brown Jr., who wrote music for Spike Lee’s School Daze, as well as the famous tenor George Irving Shirley. The set was released by the University of Michigan’s School of Music in 1980.
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Art Songs By Black American Composers – SM0015
Tracklist
For You There Is No Song
Dancing In The Sun
A Good Assassination Should Be Quiet
Early In The Mornin'
Night
Soliloquy
A Charm At Parting
Riding To Town
I Will Lie Down In Autumn
Three Dream Portraits
Melancholy
Genius Child
A Red, Red Rose
Wry Fragments
Faithful One
Velvet Shoes
A Child's Grace
Two Songs For Julie-Ju
Grief
Love, Let The Winds Cry How I Adore Thee
Song Without Words
Sweet Sorrow
Death Of An Old Seaman
Lament
Marrow Of My Bone
If There Be Sorrow
Status Symbol
Death Song
Chanson Triste
The Barrier
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers