[The
Spirituals of William L. Dawson; The
St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor; Marvis Martin, soprano;
St. Olaf Records 2159 (1997)]
William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) was an African American composer, arranger
and choral director. He is
profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works
List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com
The
composer Ezra Sims, http://www.ezrasims.com/,
has a number of recordings to his credit. He wrote this post in the
Guest Book at AfriClassical.com:
"Ezra
Sims Wednesday,
4/25/12, 5:24 PM I've admired Dawson's arrangements since the 1940s,
when we sang them a great many times in the choirs -- church and
college -- of which I was a member. Some are, you might say, burned
into my memory. From: Birmingham, Ala, originally"
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