Althea Waites: Celebration,
Music of American Composers,
Scuppernong (1951) John W. Work
Kuumba Music (2012)
John W. Work, III
Dominique-René de Lerma:
ON THE WORK FAMILY OF NASHVILLE
This
is a very preliminary rough draft, needing extensive additions and
corrections, and is thus offered. Corrections and expansions will be
appreciated and credited.
Work, Julian Cassander, 1910-1995
He
was born in Nashville, the brother of John Work III and Frederick
Jerome Work. He studied at Fisk University and with Mary E.
Chamberlain.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Berry, Lemuel, Jr. Biographical dictionary of Black musicians and music educators, vol. 1. Guthrie OK: Educational Book Publishers, 1978.
Black music research journal 1983, p52
Black perspective in music, v5n2, p238; v6n2, p150
Bull, Storm. Index to biographies of contemporary composers, vol. 3. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1987. xxiv, 854p. ISBN 0-8108-1930-9.
Carter, Madison H. An annotated catalogue of composers of African ancestry. New York: Vantage Press, 1986.
Everett, Thomas. “Concert band music by Black-American composers” in Black perspective in music, v6n2 (1978/fall) p143-150.
Garcia, William B. The life and choral music of John Wesley Work, III, 1901-1967. Graduate paper (Ph.D.) University of Iowa, 1973.
Girtmon, Paxton Mandell. “A biographical and analytical study on Julian Cassander Work and his compositions” http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/work1995.html
Girtmon, Paxton Mandell. An investigation of selected compositions of Julian Cassander Work, anAfrican-American composer of band literature. Graduate paper (D.M.A., music) University of Southern Mississippi, 1997. 2, ix, 97p.
Greene, Frank. Composers on record; An index to biographical information on 14,000 composers whose music has been recorded. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1985. 636p. ISBN 0-8108-1816-7.
Horne, Aaron. String music by Black American composers. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991 (Music reference collection, no. 33). xx, 327p. Foreword by Dominique-René de Lerma. ISBN 0-313-27938-1. +
http://library.wustl.edu/~music/necr (1996/V/21)
Jackson 1985a, p247
Nagase 1993, p222
Roach, Hildred. Black American music, past and present. Miami: Krieger Publishing Co., 1985, v2, p111-112.
Sears 1980, p22, 23, 27, 31
Southern, Eileen. “Work, Julian C.” in Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982, p415. (The Greenwood encyclopedia of Black music).
WORKS
CD: Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony; Patricia J. Hoy, conductor. NAUW 0001 (1994, From the delta).
Autumn walk,
for band (1957). Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1958. 16p. (4p.
condensed score) & parts. Duration: 4:45. Instrumentation: 21.3.0,
p, Eh, Ebcl, acl, bcl, cbcl, AATBar saxophones, 4.0.3.0, 3 cornets, baritone, perc, double bass. Library: Library of Congress.
AC: (Concert band music of African-American composers, v1).
AC: (Concert band music of African-American composers, v2).
LP: Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Mercury S-90220.
LP: Mercury MG-50220. Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor.
LP: Mercury S-90220.
Driftwood patterns,
for band (1961). Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1961. 22p. (8p.
condensed score) & parts. Duration: 6:00. Library: Library of
Congress (61-1356).
AC: (Concert band music of African-American composers, v1).
Myriorama at midnight, for orchestra (1948). Première: 1948; Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Portraits from the Bible, for band (1956). Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1956.
----- Moses. 16p. & parts. Duration: 4:30. Library: Library of Congress.
----- Ruth. 13p. & parts.
----- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abdenego. 24p. Library: Library of Congress.
Processional hymn; Gaudeamus igitur, for & band (1957) Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1957. 16p. Text: Wihla Hutson. Duration: 4:30.
----- for SATB & piano, 4 hands. Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1962. 12p. (Waring choral series, A-455).
Requiem for two, for orchestra. Duration: 20:30.
Stand the storm, for (band
(1963). Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1963. 32p. (10p.
condensed score) & parts. Duration: 4:35. Instrumentation:
2.1.3.2, p, Eh, Ebcl, acl, bcl, cbcl, BBbcl, AATBar saxophones, 4.3.3.1, baritone, timp, perc, double bass. Library: Library of Congress.
Work, Agnes Haynes, fl. ca. 1920
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Black perspective in music v3n1, p30; v5n2, p196
Seroff 1988
see also: Fisk Jubilee Singers (fl. 1900)
Work, Agnes Morris, fl. 1900
Work, John W., II, Mrs.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Turner, Patricia. Dictionary of Afro-American performers: 78rpm and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c1900-1949. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990., p173
see also: Fisk Jubilee Quartet
Work, John Wesley, Sr., ca. 1830-1923
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Schomburg 1986
Southern, Eileen. Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. (The Greenwood encyclopedia of Black music).
Spencer 1991
WORKS
Mandy Lou, for medium voice & piano, by John W. Work, Sr., arr. by John W. Work, Jr. (1918). New York: Carl Fischer, 1929 (Sheet music edition, V1064; #CC 25061-4). Text: John W. Work, Sr. 5p. Library: Fisk University.
Work, John Wesley, II, 1872/3-1925/6
Work, Agnes Haynes, fl. ca. 1920
Work, Agnes Morris, fl. 1900 (Work, John W., II, Mrs.)
Fisk Jubilee Quartet; Fisk Jubilee Singers
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amerigrove 1986 (1873-)
Berry, Lemuel, Jr. Biographical dictionary of Black musicians and music educators, vol. 1. Guthrie OK: Educational Book Publishers, 1978. (1873-)
Black music research journal 1980 (errata insert); 1981-2, p145 (1873-); 1987, p85, 103; v10n1, p10, 106
Black perspective in music v3n1, p30; v5n2, p196; v6n1, p8; v17, p161
Carter, Madison H. An annotated catalogue of composers of African ancestry. New York: Vantage Press, 1986. (Sr., 1871-)
Cuney-Hare, Maud. Negro musicians and their music, introduction by Josephine Harreld Love. New York: G. K. Hall, 1996, 1936. xl, xii, 439p. (African-American women writers, 1910-1940, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general editor). (1873-1926)
Floyd 1990 p131, 194, 216
Journal of Black sacred music v2n1, p69
LC (also -1968[!])
Lerma 1981
Schomburg 1986
Seroff 1988
Shaw 1986
Simpson 1990
Southern, Eileen. African-American
traditions in song, sermon, tale, and dance, 1600s-1920; An annotated
bibliography of literature, collections, and artworks, by Eileen Southern and Josephine Wright. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990, p245, 260, 293.
Southern, Eileen. Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. (The Greenwood encyclopedia of Black music).
Spencer 1991
Turner, Patricia. Dictionary of Afro-American performers; 78rpm and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c1900-1949. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990, p173, 271, 403, 404 (1873-)
Wright (1873-)
WORKS
American Negro songs; 230 folksongs and spirituals, religious and secular. Mineola NY: Dover Publications (40271-1). 288p.
If you were only here, for medium voice & piano. 1909. 4p. (incomplete). Library: Fisk University.
Lullaby, for TTBB. Nashville: Fisk University, n.d. 2p. Dedication: "To my wife." Library: Fisk University.
Negro love song, for medium voice & piano, arr. by Frederick Jerome Work (1907). 3p. Library: Fisk University.
Songs of the American Negro.
The gold and blue, for SATB. Nashville: Fisk University, 1946. 1p. Library: Fisk University.
Work, Frederick Jerome, 1897-1942
He
was born in Nashville, to the city’s Work dynasty (brother of John Work
II). He studied at Fisk University, where he was a member of the Fisk
Jubilee Singers, at Columbia University Teachers College, and at Temple
University.
He
was engaged for the faculty at Prairie View State College, the school
system of Kansas City MO, and starting in 1922 as director of music at
the New Jersey Manual Training School in Bordentown NJ, until his death.
It has been suggested that he was the composer of Let us break bread together on our knees.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amerigrove 1986 (1880-)
Berry, Lemuel, Jr. Biographical dictionary of Black musicians and music educators, vol. 1. Guthrie OK: Educational Book Publishers, 1978.
Black music research journal 1981-2, p145
Black perspective in music v3n1, p30; v6n1, p8; v17, p161
Carter, Madison H. An annotated catalogue of composers of African ancestry. New York: Vantage Press, 1986. (1885-)
Cuney-Hare, Maud. Negro musicians and their music, introduction by Josephine Harreld Love. New York: G. K. Hall, 1996, 1936. xl, xii, 439p. (African-American women writers, 1910-1940, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general editor).
Floyd 1990, p175, 194, 215
Horne, Aaron. String music by Black American composers. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991 (Music reference collection, no. 33). xx, 327p. Foreword by Dominique-René de Lerma. ISBN 0-313-27938-1.
Lerma 1981
Roach, Hildred. Black American music, past and present. Miami: Krieger Oublishing, 1985, v2, p106.
Seroff 1988
Shaw 1986
Sonneck Society Bulletin v16n2, p83
Southern, Eileen. Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. (The Greenwood encyclopedia of Black music).
Turner, Patricia. Dictionary of Afro-American performers: 78rpm and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c1900-1949. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990., p254, 291
Who's who colored (1880-) 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1944.
WORKS
Folk songs of the American Negro, introduction by John W. Work. Nashville: Work Brothers, 1907. Library: Library of Congress, Schomburg.
----- n.p.?: n. p.?, 1915. 131p.
----- New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969, 1915. 131p. Library: Library of Congress (73-98736).
New jubilee songs as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, by John W. Work and Frederick Jerome Work. 1902.
Quartet, strings, F major. Library: Lerma (12p., holograph). Appleton WI: Casa Musicale de Lerma, 200==, ed. by Steven Rodriguez. In 1 movement: Allegro impetuoso molto con abbandono; Larghettocon moto; Allegro; Moderato con abbandono.
Suite nègre: Negro suite, for orchestra (1936). Library: Fleisher (3081, 3082, 3083, 3084).
He
was born in Tullahoma TN. His grandfather, known as John I, had been a
church musician in Nashville. His father, John II, taught history and
classics at Fisk from 1898. His mother was Agnes Hayes Work, and his
brother was Julian Work. He began the study of piano at age 12 and
studied at Fisk University’s Laboratory School, High School, and
University (B.A., 1923). He secured additional training at the
Institute of Musical Art starting in 1923, [Footnote: Horne 1991, p196, indicates he remained at the Institute until 1934.]where he studied with Gardner Lamson (and privately as a voice student
of
Lamson to 1927), Columbia University Teachers College (M.A., 1930)
with
Howard Talley and Samuel Gardner, and at Yale University (B.M.,
1933) as a
student of David Stanley Smith. He had begun composing while
in high school
and collected spirituals throughout his life.
He began teaching at Fisk University in 1926, where he reassembled the
Jubilee Singers, remaining there, chairing the music department from
1951 to 1957, until one year before his death when he was named
professor emeritus.
He was granted two Julian Rosenwald Fellowships (1931 and 1932), was
given first prize in 1946 by in the America Composers Competition, and
an award from the National Association of Negro Musicians (1947), and in
1963 was given an honorary doctorate by Fisk University.
His music is held by the Fisk University Library on microfilm, with the originals held in a vault.
He was survived by his wife, Edith McFall Work. A son, John Wesley Work
IV, did not continue the family’s music tradition, opting instead for
business, but served as baritone soloist on the LP recording of The ordering of Moses, by R. Nathaniel Dett, conducted by Wiliam Dawson ==.
The John W. Work Chorale was active in Chicago in the 1990s, led by Delano O'Bannion.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
[Amistad Research Collection] gopher://rsll.tcs.tula…ECTIONS/2.%20%20OR-Z ()
“Done made my vow to the Lord, for 4-part SATB chorus of mixed voices, arr. by John Work” in Musical courier, v156 (1957/VII) p28.
“Edith McFall Work, ’23; The melody lingers” in Fisk, v2n4 (1980/winter) p16-19.
“John W. Work” in Sonorities in Black music; Concert series, first concert, 12 December 1978, ed. by Dominique-René de Lerma. Baltimore: Morgan State University, 1978, p6.
“John Wesley Work III Collection: Papers, 1915-1971” in Banc!, v3n1 (1972/XII) p12.
“Obituary” in Music educators journal, v54 (1967/IX) p111.
Abdul 1977
Addo, Akosua. “Witness concert curriculum, grades 2-12” http://www.plymoughmusic.org/jwwksh.html
Addo, Akosua. “Witness concert curriculum, grades 6-12, teacher materials” http://www.plymouth.org/jhproc.html
Allen, Simona Atkins. “John Wesley Work: a profile” in Fisk University alumni magazine, v41 (1967/spring) p13-15.
Allison, Roland Lewis. Classification
of the vocal works of Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) and some
suggestions for their use in teaching diction in singing. Graduate paper (Ph.D.) Indiana University, 1965. 2 vols.: xi, 268p.; p271-380 & phonotape. UM 66-14791.
American music, v3n1, p110, 111; v4n2, p244
Amerigrove 1986
ASCAP. Biographical dictionary of composers, authors, and publishers. New York: ASCAP, 1948.
Berry, Lemuel, Jr. Biographical dictionary of Black musicians and music educators, vol. 1. Guthrie OK: Educational Book Publishers, 1978. (Jr.);
Black music research journal 1980 (errata insert, -1968); 1981-2, p126 (Jr.), 145; 1983, p48; 1987, p85, 103; v10n1, p10, 92
Black perspective in music, v3n1,
p30, 123; v3n3, p329, 347; v5n2, p196, 239, 241; v6n1, p239; v6n2,
p181; v9n2, p125, 176; v11n2, p230; v13n1, p82; v14n1, p15, 70, 72, 77;
v14n2, p105; v18, p202
Braithwaite, Coleridge Alexander. A survey of the lives and creative activities of some Negro composers: A report of a Type C project. Graduate paper (Ed.D.) Columbia University, Teachers College, 1952. 185p.
Bull, Storm. Index to biographies of contemporary composers, vol. 3. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1987. xxiv, 854p. ISBN 0-8108-1930-9.
Carter, Madison H. An annotated catalogue of composers of African ancestry. New York: Vantage Press, 1986.; Fisk 1980, p2, 89; Floyd 1990, p175, 216
Catalogue of the compositions of John W. Work: Published works. Nashville: Fisk University, Music Department, 1963.
Chandler, Sue.
“Books and articles by John Wesley Work III in the Fisk University
Library Special Collections: Selected items about John Wesley Work
appearing in the Fisk University Library Special Collections” in Banc!, v3n1 (1972/XII) p18-19.
Chase 1987, p489
Cureau 1987, p180
Evans, Arthur Lee. The
development of the Negro spiritual as choral art music by Afro-American
composers, with an annotated guide to the performance of selected
spirituals. Graduate paper (Ph.D., music) University of Miami, 1972. 264p. LC 73-5837; RILM 76/13629.
Fisk 1980, p2, 89
Fisk 1980, p2, 89
Fisk University. The tour of Europe by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, September 19 -December 12, 1956; John W. Work, director; Irwin Parnes, manager. 21p.
Floyd 1990, p175, 216
Floyd 1990, p175, 216
Floyd, Samuel A., Jr. “Dedication” in Black music research journal (1980) piii-iv.
Garcia, William Burres. “John W(esley) Work” in The new Grove dictionary of American music, ed. by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan, 1986, v4p563.
Garcia, William Burres. “Work, John Wesley.” in The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians, ed. by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan, 1980, v20, p531.
Garcia, William Burres. The life and choral music of John Wesley Work III (1901-1967). Graduate paper (Ph.D., choral literature) University of Iowa, 1973. xvi, 246 p.
Greene, Frank. Composers on record; An index to biographical information on 14,000 composers whose music has been recorded. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1985. 636p. OSBN 0-8108-1816-7.
Handy, D. Antoinette. Black music; Opinions and reviews. Ettrick VA: BM&M, 1974., p63.
Harris, Carl Gordon, Jr. A
study of characteristic stylistic trends found in the choral works of a
selected group of Afro-American composers and arrangers. Graduate paper (D.M.A., performance) University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1972. viii, 178p.
Harris, Carl Gordon, Jr. “Three schools of Black choral composers and arrangers, 1900-1970” in School music news, v34n4 (1974/XII) p33-39.
Harris, Carl Gordon, Jr. “Three schools of Black choral composers and arrangers, 1900-1970” in Choral journal, v14n8 (1974/IV) p11-15, 17-18.
Hedgepeth 1991
Henry, Oscar. “John Wesley Work and his music” in Banc!, V3N1 (1972/XII) p1-8.
Horne, Aaron. String music of Black American composers. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991 (Music reference collection, no. 33). xx, 327p. Foreword by Dominique-René de Lerma. ISBN 0-313-27938-1. +
Jackson 1985a, p247
Kennedy, Matthew. “The importance of having the John Wesey Work Collection” in Banc!, v3n1 (1972/XII) p9-11.
Krummel. Donald W. Resources in American music history; A directory of source materials from colonial times to World War II, by D. W. Krummel, Jean Geil, Doris J. Dyen, and Deane L. Root. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Lerma 1970, p180 (Jr.), 222
Lerma 1970, p180 (Jr.), 222
Lerma 1981
Lerma, Dominique-René de. Black music in our culture; Curricular ideas on the subjects, materials, and problems. Kent: Kent State University Press, 1970, p180 (Jr.), 222
Lerma, Dominique-René de. Symposium of symphonic music by Black composers, Houston, September 3-7, 1974. n.p.: n.p., 1974. 24p.
Lovell, John. Black song; The forge and the flame. New York: 1972.
Mapp, Edward. Directory of Blacks in the performing arts. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
Newman 1984
Redd 1974, p6
Roach 1973
Roach, Hildred. Black American music, past and present. Miami: Krieger Publishing, 1982, v1, p107-110.
Roberts, John Storm. Black music of two worlds; African, Caribbean, Latin, and African-American traditions. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998. xxxvii, 330p. Previously issued by Prager Publishers in 1972.
Rowe 1975
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Sonneck Society bulletin v17n2
Southern, Eileen. “Work, John Wesley, III” in Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982, p. (The Greenwood encyclopedia of Black music).
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Taylor, Darryl. “The African American Art Song Allinace” http://www.uni.edu/taylord/composers.html. (20000). 2p. Consulted 2004/VIII/6.
Thomas 1989, p1, 10, 41.
Trice, Patricia Johnson. Choral arrangements of the African-American spirituals; Historical overview and annotated listings. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1998 (Music reference collection)
Turner, Patricia. Dictionary of Afro-American performers: 78rpm and cylinder recordings of opera, choral music, and song, c1900-1949. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990, p404.
White, Evelyn Davidson. Choral music by Afro-American composers; A selected, annotated bibliography. 2nd ed. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1996. viii, 126p. ISBN 0-8108-3037-X. First edition issued by Scarecrow in 1981:
Who's who colored 1950
Work, John Wesley, II. Folksongs of the American Negro, by John W. Work and Frederick J. Work. Nashville: Work Brothers, 1901.
Work, John Wesley, III. “A significant new music form” in Motive (1946/VI) p41-42.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Changing patterns in Negro folksong” in Journal of American folklore, v62 (1949/X) p136-144.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Folksongs in the making” in Literary digest, v101 (1928/IV).
Work, John Wesley, III. “Modern music and its implications” in Dillard arts quarterly (1941/VI) unpaged.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Musical contributions of the Negro folk” in Classmate (1946/I) unpaged.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Negro folksong” in Opportunity, v1 (1923/X) p292-294.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Negro music” by J. W. Work and John Tasker Howard in Harvard dictionary of music, ed. by Willi Apel. 2nd ed. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969, p567-568.
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Work, John Wesley, III. “Plantation Meistersinger; Alabama State Sacred Harp shape-note Convention” in Musical quarterly, v27 (1941/I) p97-106.
Work, John Wesley, III. “Resources for musical training at Fisk” in Fisk news (1955/III) p10-11.
Wynn, Linda T. “John W. Work, III (1901-1967)” http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital.work.htm
wysiwyg://92/http://www.sitcomsonline.com/amen.html
WORKS
CD: Albany TROY == (1999; Fi-yer!; A century of African-American song). William Brown, tenor; Ann Sears, piano.
CD: Albany TROY == (2001; Amen!; African-American composers of the 20th century). Oral Moses, bass-baritone; George Morrison Bailey, piano.
CD: MHCG (1990, For Doc, a brothers’ tribute in song). Morehouse College Glee Club; David Morrow, conductor.
CD: Music & Arts Programs of America CD 737-1 (Piano music of Black composers; 1992). Monica Gaylord, piano.
A child this day is born, for unison chorus. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1959. Text: Christmas carols (1833), by William Sandy.
------ for SATB & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1966, 1962. 5p.
A heritage of spirituals,
for SATB with reduction for piano or organ, arr. by John W. Work, James
Miller, and Fred Fox. New York: Galaxy Music, 1975. 62p. Library:
Library of Congress.
A little more faith in Jesus, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music.
A cantilene, for voice[s?] (by 1929). Text: Vocalise. Contains 2 movements.
A jubilant song.
LP: Mark Custom UMC-2117. Spelman College Glee Club; Roland L. Allison, conductor.
A little more faith in Jesus, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music. Duration: 4:30. Library: Fisk.
A picture suite of the South, Album I: 2 sketches: An attempt to idealize the beauty of the old Negro church sermon, for orchestra. 26p. 1. A fantasia; Morning; 2. At a certain church. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2, 4.2.1.1, timp, cymbals, strings. The first version was titled A suite of the South (27p.; instrumentation: 1.1.2.1; 4.2.3.1; timp, perc, strings) Library: Fisk.
A picture suite of the South, Album II, for orchestra. 1-59, 61-67p. 1. The blues singer; 2. Dance; 3. Nocturne (p60-61; see: Nocturne). Instrumentation: 3.2.2.2; 4.3.3.1; strings. Library: Fisk.
A piece for Johnny, for piano (1943). 3p. Library: Fisk.
A red, red rose, for medium voice & piano. 4p. Library: Fisk.
A Mona Lisa, for medium voice & piano. New York: Edward B. Marks, 1946 (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark, p60-62; #1221602) Text: A. Grimke. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 197+===.=== (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark, p60-62).
All I want, for high voice, SATB & organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1961. (#9980). 8p. n.p.: Cathedral Press, 1962 (#9980, Cathedral series). 8p.
American folk songs, 3, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz, February, 1950. (Organ portfolio, n75; 13-876). 1. I'm a rolling through an unfriendly world [p86, 1:15]; 2. Sinner man, you need Jesus [p85-86; 2:00]; 3. When your lamp burns down [p87; 1:30].
American Negro songs and spirituals; A comprehensive collection of 230 folk songs, religious and secular, with a foreword, for SATB. New York: Bonanza Books, 1940. ix, 259p. 1.
Ain't I glad I got out of the wilderness; 2. Ain't that good news; 3.
Ain't you glad you got good religion; 4. All over this world; 5. Angels
done bowed down; 6. At the bar of gold; 7. Balm in Gilead; 8. Before
this time another year; 9. Bet on Stuball; 10. Be with me; 11 & 12.
Bye and bye [2 settings]; 13. Calvary; 14. Can't you live humble;
15. Captain, O captain; 16. Captain says hurry; 17. Come down; 18. Come
here Lord; 19. Convict song; 20. Daniel saw the stone; 21. Death ain't
nothin' but a robber; 22. Death's goin' to lay his hand on me; 23. Do
Lord remember me; 24. Done made my vow to the Lord; 25. Don't you let
nobody turn you 'round; 26. Down on me; 27. Downward road is crowded;
28. Ev'ry day'll be Sunday; 29. Ezek'el saw the wheel; 30. Free at last;
31. Gift of God; 32. Give me Jesus; 33. Give me your hand; 34. Glory to
that newborn king; 35. Go down Moses; 36. Go down 'n the valley and
pray; 37. Go tell it on the mountain; 38. God is a god; 39. God's goin'
to straighten them; 40. Goin' keep my skillet greasy; 41. Going home in
the chariot; 42. Going to shout all over God's heav'n; 43. Gonna leave
Big Rock behind; 44. Good Lord, I done done; 45. Good morning everybody;
46. Got a home in that rock; 47. Got my letter; 48. Got religion all
around the world; 49. Got to go to judgement; 50. Great day; 51.
Had to get up this mornin'; 52. Hallelu; 53. Hallelujah; 54. Hammering;
55. Hammers keep ringing; 56. He is king of kings; 57. He never said a
mumbalin' word; 58. Hear me praying; 59. He's a might good leader; 60.
He's got his eyes on you; 61. Hold the wind; 62. Holy Bible; 63. Hot
boilin' sun comin' over; 64. I am the true vine; 65. I believe this is
Jesus; 66. I couldn't hear nobody pray; 67. I feel like my time ain't
long; 68. I got a house in Baltimo'; 69. I have another building; 70. I
heard the preaching of the elder; 71. I know the Lord's laid his hands
on me; 72. I must walk my lonesome valley; 73. I never felt such love in
my soul befo'; 74. I want to be ready; 75. I went down in the valley;
76. I will pray; 77. I wish I had died in Egypt land; 78. I won't stop
praying; 79. I'll be there; 80. I'm a-going to do all I can; 81. I'm
a-going to join the band; 82. I'm goin' to sing; 83. I'm going
back with Jesus; 84. I'm just a-goin' over there; 85. I'm so glad;
86. I'm working on the buildin'; 87. In this lan' ; 88. Inching
along; 89. Is there anybody here; 90. It's me; 91. I've done what you
told me to do; 92. I've just come from the fountain; 93. Jesus is risen
from the dead; 94. Jesus goin' to make up my dying bed ; 95. Jim Strange
killed Lula; 96-97. John Henry [2 settings]; 98. Jubilee; 99. King
Jesus built me a house above; 100. Lay ten dollars down; 101. Lead
me to the rock; 102. Let the church roll on; 103. Let us cheer the
weary traveller 104. Listen to the angel's shoutin' ;105. Listen to
the lambs ;106. Little David; 107. Little talk with Jesus ;108. Live a
humble; 109. Lord is my shepherd; 110. Lord, I want to be a
Christian; 111. Lord, make me more holy; 112. Lord's been here; [Note error in numbering==] 110. Lullaby; 111. Mamma Dinah; 112. March on; 113. Marching up the heavenly road; 114. My good Lord's done been here; 115. My Lord's goin' to move this wicked race; 116. My Lord, what a mourning; 117. My name's written on high; 118. My sin's been taken away; 119. My soul's been anchored in the Lord; 120. Naw, I down't; 121. New born again; 122. Nobody knows who I am; 123. No hiding place; 124. O it's goin' to be a mighty day; 125. O lamb, beautiful lamb; 126. O Lord, I'm hungry; 127. O make my holy; 128. O Mary, don't you weep; 129. O mother, don't you weep; 130. O my little soul; 131. O rocks, don't fall on me; 132. O wretched man; 133. Ol' Elder Brown's; 134. Old ark's a-movering; 135. Old Zion's children marchin' along; 136. Open the window, Noah; 137. Plenty good room;138. Po' ol' Laz'rus; 139. Poor me; 140. Poor mourner's got a home; 141. Poor sinner; 142. Pray on; 143. Railroad Bill; 143. Religion is a fortune; 144. Religion that my Lord gave me; 145. Ride on, King Jesus; 146. Rise, shine, for thy light is a-comin'; 147. Road gang song; 148. Rockin' Jerusalem; 149. Rock of ages; 150. Rocks and mountains; 151. Roll, Jordon, roll; 152. Roll on; 153. Run, mourner, run; 154. Screw this cotton; 155. Seben times;156. See the signs of judgment; 157. Shepherd, shepherd; 157. Shout for joy; 158. Show me the way; 158. Sing a ho that I had the wings of a dove; 159. Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass; 160. Sit down servant' ;161. Sittin' down beside o' the lamb; 162. Somebody's knocking at your door; 163. Some of these days; 164. Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile; 165. Soon ah will be done; 166. Stand the storm; 167. Steady, Jesus listenin'; 167. Steal away and pray; 168. Steal away to Jesus; 169. Street song; 170. Study war no more; 171. Sunday mornin' ban; 172. Sun mows down; 173. Swing low; 174. Tell all the world; 175. Thank God I'm on my way to heaven; 176. There's a great camp meeting; 177. There's a meeting here tonight ;178. There's room enough; 179. There's something on my mind; 180. They led my Lord away; 181. This is a sin-trying world; 182. This ol' religion; 183. Tryin' to cross the Red Sea; 184. Tryin' to get home; 185. Twas on one Sunday morning; 186. Vendor's call; 187. Wake me; 187. Want to go to heaven when I die; 188. Wasn't that a mighty day; 188. We are climbing Jacob's ladder; 189. We shall walk through the valley; 190. Were you there; 192. What shall I do; 193. When I'm dead; 193. When the train comes along; 195. Where shall I go; 196. Wish I's in heaven settin' down; 196. Witness; 197. Workin' on the railroad line; 198. Yo' low down ways; 199. You'd better min'; 200. You'd better run; 201. You hear the lambs a-crying; 202. You may bury me in the east; 203. You're my brother, so give me your han'. Library: Schomburg.
---- New York: Howell, Soskin & Co., 1940. vii, 259p. Library: Library of Congress (41-554), Schomburg.
---- Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1948.
Appalachia; 3 fiddle and game tunes, for piano (1954). Providence: Axelrod, 1954. 11p. 1. Big bunch of roses; 2. Fischer's hornpipe; 3. Take me back. Dedication: Amelia Myers, Lois Towles, and Doris Jones. Première: 1954.
Delaware Water Gap: Shawnee Press, 1945. 11p.
----- 1. Big bunch of roses.
CD: Music & Arts CD-737 (1992, Black piano; A treasury of works for solo piano by Black composers). Monica Gaylord, piano. Liner notes: Monica Gaylord.
CD: Music & Arts CD 737 (1998, Piano music of Black composers). Monica Gaylord, piano.
Benediction, for medium voice & piano (1950).
Canzonet; Humming chorus, for SATB with piano reduction. Chicago: Neil A. Kjos, 1941. (Kjos selected octavo series; #5047-5). 6p. Dedication: C. Warner Lawson.
Canzonets on love, for SATB. Boston: Frank Music.
Concert piece, 2 pianos (1953). 10p.
Chorale prelude, Wer nur den lieben Gott, for organ.
Concert piece, or 2 pianos.
Credo, for medium voice & piano (1946).
Dancing in the sun, for voice & piano. Melville: Edward B. Marks, 1977. (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson). Text: Howard Weedun. Duration: 1:57.
AC: (Baltimore, Morgan State University). Deborah Pankey, soprano; Patricia Springer, piano
CD: DCF Records (1996, Remembrance; African-American songs). Dina Cameryn Foy, soprano; Polly Brecht, piano.
CD: Musicians’ Showcase MS 1011 (2000; The Negro speaks of rivers; art songs by African-American composers). Odikhiren Amaize, bass-baritone; David Korevaar, piano.
CD: HM Classics (1998; Ain’t a that good news?). Richard Heard, tenor; Pamela Howland, piano.
LP: University of Michigan SM-0015 (1980; Art songs by Black American composers). George Shirley, tenor, with unidentified pianist.
Danse africaine , for tenor, TTBB, wood block, 2 drums & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1955, 1951 (#ES-1061-14). 15p. Text: The dream keeper, by Langston Hughes. Duration: 4:00.
------ for soprano, SATB, tambourine, triangle, 2 drums & piano. New York: Ethel Smith Music, 1951.
Dis ole hammer, for high voice & piano.
Do Lord remember me, for SATB. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1981 (Lift every voice and sing, ed. by Irene V. Jackson, n69).
Do not I love thee, O my Lord?: Hymn-anthem, for soprano, SATB & organ. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1950 (#312-40041-7). 8p. Text: Philip Doddridge. Dedication: Arthur Croley.
Done made my vow to the Lord, for high voice & SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1956 (#GMC 2110-7). 8p. Duration: 2:30.
Down on me, for medium voice & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith, 1952 (10 spirituals).
Dusk at sea, for medium voice & piano. New York: Edward B. Marks, 1946 (#12215 3-2). Text: Shadows of the perfect rose, by Thomas S. Jones.
----- New York: Edward B. Marks, 1946 (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark, p57-59)
----- Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 197=====+== (Negro art songs, ed. by Edgar Rogie Clark, p57-59).
Enter this band: We have sweet music, for SATB & organ. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1953 (John W.Work choral series, 3002; #ES 1028-8). 9p.
Evening, for medium voice & piano(1961).
Evening in La Vallee, for 2 pianos (1955).
Ev'ry mail day, for low voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1944 (GM 1429-6). 7p. Duration: 3:00.
Family album; 5 pieces, for piano (1960). 1. Frontipiece; 2. Little sister goes to dancing school (3p., held by Fisk); 3. Grandmother sings a lullaby; 4. Aunt Polly Doddy; 5. After piece.
For all the saints, for SATB. New York: H. W. Gray, 1949 (Church music review, 2107-8). 6p. Text: William Walsham How. Dedication: J. Harold Montague and the Virginia State College Choir.
For the beauty of the earth, for soprano, baritone, SATB & organ. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., (#J.F.&B. 6851-8). 8p. Text: Folliott S. Pierpont. Dedication: Mrs. Charlotte Moulton Brooks.
Free at last, for SATB. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1981 (Lift every voice and sing, ed. by Irene V. Jackson, n51).
From the Deep South, for organ (1936). 1. Spiritual; You may bury me in the east; 2. Plaint; 3. A summer evening; 4. Frolic. 19p.
Glory to that new born king. Duration: 3:19.
Go tell it on the mountain.
CD: Ondine ODE 715-2 (1988, Negro spirituals).
Osceola Davis, soprano; Jarma Hynninen, baritone; Ilmo Ranta, piano.
Liner notes: Pekka Hako, in English and Finnish. (7p.)
Gold and blue. Nashville: Fisk University, 1946.
LP: NR 2597 (1972; 43rd Annual Arts Festival). Fisk Jubilee Singers; Oscar Henry, conductor
Give me Jesus, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music., 1962. (The organ portfolio, v26n2 [1962/XII] p46-47, #O.P. 11-62-46). Duration: 4:45.
----- for high voice & SATB with piano reduction. Dayton: Cathedral Press, 1961. (Cathedral series, 9901; #L-12-61-3). 6p.
------ for TTBB. 1p. Dedication: Harvard Glee Club.
Give me your hand, for SATB with piano reduction. New York: Mills, 1960 (Mills choral edition, 399). 10p.
Glory to that new born king, for men’s chorus (by 1929).
----- for SATB with piano reduction. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1929. (#312-30885). 4p..
----- Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1935, 1929 (#312-21208). 7p.
Go tell it on the mountain, for soprano, tenor & SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1945.(GMC 1532-5; #21208). 11p. Duration: 2:45.
------ for SAB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1945.
----- New York: Galaxy Music, 1952.
------ for SA with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953 (GMC 1960-6). 7p.
----- for SSA with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1949, 1945 (#1753.) 11p. Duration: 2:45.
------ for TTBB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1946 (GMC 1583-9; #2145). 11p
------ for medium voice & organ or piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1952 (GMC 1928-4). 5p.
God, I need thee, for medium voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1949 (GM 1762.5). 7p. Text: Meditations for apostles of sensitiveness, by Howard Thurman. Duration: 3:00. Dedication: Rev. William J. Faulkner.
Going home to live with God, for soprano, tenor & SATB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1962, 1934. (Part songs for J. W. Work; J.F.&B. 6794-8). 8p.
------ for tenor & TTBB with piano reduction. New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1936 (Fischer edition, 6836). 8p.
Golgotha is a mountain, cantata for soloists, SATB & organ (1949). 1.
Who knows the mystery of mountains?; 2. Oh, I've seen many mountains;
3. Golgotha is a mountain; 4. There are mountains in Africa too (26p.); 5. Mountains are rising all around me. Text: Arna Bontemps.
-----2. Oh, I've seen many mountains, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, SATB & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1954 (John W. Work choral series). 6p. Dedication: John F. Ohl.
---- Miami Beach: Charles Hansen.
----- 3. Golgotha is a mountain, for SATB & organ. New York: Galaxy Music, 1959. (GMC 2155). 9p. Duration: 4:00.
----- 4. There are mountains in Africa too, for SATB & 2 pianos. 11p. Library: Library of Congress (1970 imprint).
Grace be unto you and peace from God, for SATB & organ. 7p. Text: Colossians.
Grandmother sings a lullaby, for piano. 2p.
Great redeemer, we adore thee, for SATB & piano, by Paolo Conte, arr. by John W. Work. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1959 (MF 528). 7p. Text: John Roy Harris.
Grigi, Grigi, for SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953 (GMC 1962-10). 11p. Text in Haitian, French, and English. Duration: 2:00. Dedication: Roger Sauvain.
Hammering, for SSATTBB with piano reduction. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1940 (#21417). 10p. Library: Fisk.
He arose, for SAATB. New York: J. Fischer, 1946 (#8026-15). 15p. Dedication: Mrs. Jennie D. Ballentyne. Library: Fisk.
He never said a mumbaling word, for TTBB with piano reduction. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1929 (#20884). 3p. Library: Fisk.
Holy Bible, for SATB.
How beautiful are the mountains, for SAATB. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953, 1934. (Music for the church, 833). 11p. Text: Isaiah 52: 7-8. Library: Fisk, Schomburg, Spingarn.
------ for TTBB. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953, 1934 (#20884). 8p. Library: Fisk.
Hymn to David , for SATB & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1962 (MF 581; #453-681). 4p. Text: Leslie M. Collins. Library: Fisk.
I got a home in-a that rock, for SATB & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952. Library: Fisk.
I got a house in Baltimore, for SAATBB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953. (Galaxy's choruses for mixed voices, 1963). Dedication: R. Hayes Strider. Duration: 3:00. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- for tenor & TTBB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy, 1953. (Galaxy's choruses for men's voices, 1964). Library: Library of Congress.
I, John, saw the holy number, for SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1962 (GMC 2236). 8p. Dedication: Nathaniel G. Williams, conductor, and Huston-Tillotson College. Library: Fisk.
I know my road is rough and rocky, for SATB. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952. Library: Fisk.
I saw the cross of Jesus, for SATB & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1958 (MF 452; #485-38452). 4p. Text: Frederick Whitfield. Library: Fisk.
I want to be ready.
If you love God, serve him, for unison voices & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1962. (NF 645; #543-645). Library: Fisk.
------ for SATB & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1962.
I'm a-rolling through an unfriendly world, for SATB & organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1950. Library: Fisk.
------ for SATB & piano. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1950 (Lorenz's concert choruses, 2139). 7p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- for low voice & piano. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1950.
AC: (Art songs and spirituals by Black Americans). Oral Moses, bass; Ann Sears, piano.
----- for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music.
I'm goin' to march down to Jordan, for high voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1952. (GMC 1902-5). Duration: 2:30. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
I'm going to sing, for SSA & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1964 (JF013; #545-013). 6p. Library: Fisk.
Idyll, for violin.
In bright mansions above, for medium voice & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952. Library: Fisk.
Into the woods my master went, for SATB & organ or piano. New York: Remick Music, 1939 (#5-G1456). 7p. Text: Sidney Lanier. Dedication: Charles C. Washburn. Library: Fisk.
Is a light shining in heaven?, for soprano & SATB. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1954. Library: Fisk.
CD: BDC 4444 (1999, Remembering, discovering, preserving). Daryl Taylor, soprano; The Brazeal Dennard Chorale; Brazeal Dennard, conductor.
Isaac Watts contemplates the cross; A choral cycle, for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, SATB & organ (1962). 1. Prelude; When I survey the wondrous cross; 2. Alas, and did my Saviour bleed; 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night; 4. How condescending and how kind; 5. Now for a tune of lofty praise; 6. Hosanna to the Prince of Light. Text: Isaac Watts. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962.
------ 1. Prelude; When I survey the wondrous cross, for organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#451-558). 13p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
------ 2. Alas, and did my Saviour bleed, for SATB & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#451-559). 10p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
------ 3. 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night, for baritone, SATB & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#485-37035). 8p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
------ 4. How condescending and how kind, for SATB & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#485-37036). 7p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
------ 5. Now for a tune of lofty praise, for SATB & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#451-562). 10p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
------ 6. Hosanna to the Prince of Light, for SATB & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978, 1962 (#485-37038). 9p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
I've been listening, for SATB & piano. Dayton: Temple Press, 1965 (Temple series C259). 7p. Library: Fisk.
I've been in the storm so long, for high voice & SATB with piano reduction. New York: Ethel Smith, 1954 (John Work choral series, 3008; #ES 1050-7). 8p. Dedication: Nelmatilda Woodard. Library: Library of Congress.
I've known rivers, for SSAATTBB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1955 (#HG MC 2075-11).
12p. Text: Langston Hughes. Duration: 2:30. Dedication: Mrs. Ernest
R. Alexander. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress, Schomburg.
Jesus is rock in a weary lan' , for soprano & SATB with piano reduction. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser,1937 (#312-21208). 11p. Library: Fisk.
----- New York: Oxford University Press, 2002 (The Oxford book of spirituals, ed. by Moses Hogan, p25-36).
Jesus, lay your head in the window, for high voice & SATB. New York: Galaxy Music, 1960 (GMC 2164). 12p. Duration: 4:00. Library: Fisk.
Jesus, thou hast called us to thee, for SS & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1961 (MF 626; #485-36626). 6p. Text: Joseph F. Green. Library: Fisk.
Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, for SATB & organ. Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, 1967, (Elkan-Vogel choral series, 1247; #362-1347). 9p. Text: Bernard of Clairvaux. Dedication: Rev. Kelley Miller Smith. Library: Fisk.
LP: NR 2597 (1972). Fisk Jubilee Singers; F. Bernard Hunter, organ; Jane Harrington, conductor. Library: Fisk University.
Jordan's a hard road, for orchestra with piano reduction. 15p. Instrumentation: 1111, 2 saxophones, 2210, strings. Library: Fisk.
Jubilee. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962. 1.
Were you there?; 2. Keep me from sinking down; 3. Walk together,
children; 4. Oh Peter, go ring them bells; 5. Let us cheer the weary
traveller; 6. Run, mourner, run (1940); 7. Let us break bread together;
8. We'll die in the field; 9. Tell all the world, John; 10. Go down,
Moses.
----- 10. Go down, Moses
LP: HR&W. Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Jubilee , for SATB. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962. 62p. Contents: (1) Were you there?; (2) Keep me from sinking down; (3) Walk together, children; (4) Oh Peter, go ring them bells; (5) Let us cheer the weary traveller; (6) Run, mourner, run; (7) Let us break bread together; (8) We'll die in the field; (9) Tell all the world, John; (10) Go down, Moses. Library: Fisk University, Library of Congress (62-12306).
LP: HR&W. Fisk Jubilee Singers. Library: Fisk University.
Keep me from sinking down, for SATB & piano. 7p. Library: Fisk.
Last night,
for SATB with piano reduction, by Halfdan Kjerulf, transcribed by
Theodore Marzials; arr. by John W. Work. 8p. Library: Fisk.
Listen to the lambs shouting, for contralto & SSA or SAA. New York: Galaxy, 1947. Library: Library of Congress.
----- New York: Galaxy, 1950 (Galaxy octavo, 1649). 4p. Duration: 2:00. Library: Fisk.
Little black train, for mezzo-soprano, tenor & SAATB. New York: Galaxy, 1956. 15p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Longings, for medium voice & piano (1946). Library: Fisk.
Lord, I'm out here on your word, for tenor & SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1952 (#1903). 13p. Duration: 3:00. Library: Fisk; Library of Congress.
Lord of all being, for unison voices & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1960 (MF 550; #485-36550.). 3p. Text: Oliver Wendell Holmes. Library: Fisk.
Mary an' Martha jus' gone 'long, for SATB with piano reduction. New York: Charles H. Hansen, 1951. (John W. Work choral series, 519). 7p. Dedication: Evelyn A. Johnson. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Mary had a little baby, for medium voice & piano. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1961. (Christmas; An American annual of Christian literature and art, ed. by Randolph E. Hangan, v31, p60). Library: Fisk.
Mary, where is your baby?, for medium voice & piano. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1961. (Christmas; An American annual of Christian literature and art, ed. by Randolph E. Hangan, v31, p55). Library: Fisk.
My faith looks up to thee, for SATB & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1958. (MF 489; 485-36489). 8p. Text: Ray Palmer. Based on a tune by Lowell Mason. Library: Fisk.
My heart's in the swampland, for low voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1953. (GMC 1959-6). 7p. Text: Leslie Collins. Duration: 2:30. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
My Lord, what a morning, for soprano, baritone & SATB with piano reduction. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1929 (College choral series; #312-40622-3). 4p. Library: Fisk.
----- Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1964, 1929.
LP: RCA LSC-7043. First International University Choral Festival; G. Wallace Woodworth, conductor (1966).
------ for TTBB with piano reduction. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1929 (#312-20883). 3p.
New born, a Christmas spiritual, for SSATTB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1945 (Carols & anthems for Christmastide; #J.F.&B. 8119-9). 11p. Duration: 3:00. Dedication: Mrs. Marie B. Johnson. Library: Fisk.
------ for SSA. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1945 (Carols & anthems for Christmastide; #J.F.&B. 8118-4).. 4p. Library: Fisk.
Night in La Valée, for 2 pianos. Duration: 4:25.
AC: (1982/VI/12, Fisk University). Wilfred Delphin, Edwin Romain, pianos
----- for orchestra. 35p. Instrumentation: 2222, 4231, piano, timp, cym, strings. Library: Columbia.
Nocturne, for violin & piano. 1939. 1. Berceuse; 2. Serenade; 3. Cabaret. Library: Fisk.
----- 3. Cabaret, for orchestra. Library: Fisk
Now sleeps the crimson petal, for SSAA, 2 violins & piano. 15p. Text: Alfred Lord Tennyson. Library: Fisk.
O Lord, I'm hungry, for medium voice & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952 (10 Spirituals). == make individual entries for contents of collections====
O Mary, don't you weep, for medium voice & piano. Boston: E. Schirmer, 1952 (10 Spirituals). Library: Fisk.
O Peter go ring dem bells, for unison male voices & piano. 2p. Library: Fisk.
O, the rocks and the mountains shall all flee away, for soprano, alto, tenor & SATB with piano reduction. Boston: C. C. Birchard, 1953 (Laurel octavo, 1614). Library: Library of Congress.
CD: BDC 4444 (1999, Remembering, discovering, preserving). Terry McKelton, soprano; The Brazeal Dennard Chorale; Brazeal Dennard, conductor.
Oh give me the wings, for medium voice & piano. Boston: E. Schirmer, 1952 (10 Spirituals).
One movement, for piano.
Our father, for alto & SATB with piano reduction. New York: Ethel Smith Music, 1956. (John W. Work choral series, 3013). 8p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
CD: Videmus (1998, Fare ye well). Kimberly Haynes, mezzo-soprano; Cheryl Harden, piano.
Outward bound, for TTBB & piano. 19p. Text: Catherine Parmenter. Library: Fisk.
Po' ol' Laz'rus, for TTBB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1959, 1931. (Fischer ed. secular choruses; #J.F.&B. 6513-10).. 11p. Dedication: Charles S. Johnson. Library: Fisk, Spingarn.
Pour out thy spirit, for SATB & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1965 (MF 774; #453-774). 5p. Text: James Montgomery. Library: Fisk.
Purer in heart, O God, for unison voices & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1959 (MF 512;#485-36512). 3p. Text: Mrs. A. L. Dawson. Library: Fisk.
Railroad Bill; A southern bad man song, for TTBB & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1950 (#1802). 11p. Duration: 2:30. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Remember now thy creator, for SATB). 12p. Text: Ecclesiates. Library: Fisk.
Rise, shine, for thy light is a-comin’, for SATB.
CD: (1999; Fisk Jubilee Singers in concert!; Rise, shine!) . Fisk Jubilee Singers; Paul T. Kwami, conductor.
Rise up shepherd and foller, for SATB & piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1957. (MF 434; 485-35424). 3p. Library: Fisk.
Rock, Mount Sinai, for SATB & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1962 (#2237). 8p. Dedication: Matthew W. Kennedy. Library: Fisk.
Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham, for soprano & SATB with piano reduction. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952 ( John W. Work choral series, 3001). 7p. Dedication: Howard Pearsall, conductor of the North Carolina A&T Concert Choir. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Rockin' Jerusalem, for tenor & SATB. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1940. (#321-21427). 11p. Text: St. John 11:93. Library: Fisk. Reprinted in The inclusion of Negro music as a course of study in the school curriculum (Thesis, M.M., Northwestern University, 1947) by Kenneth B. Billups.
LP: Delta Records XCTV-63866. Phillips High School Chorus; Andrew Duncan, conductor.
Roll Jordan; A chorale rhapsody, for SATB with piano reduction (1941). 11p. Library: Fisk.
Run, moaner, run, for voice & piano.
AC: (1976/VI/23, Westminster Choir School). George Shirley, tenor; Wayne Sanders, piano
AC: (1995/III/31, Lawrence University, Ben Holt Memorial Concert Series). George Shirley, tenor; Christina Dahl, piano.
Sassafras, for piano (1946). New York: Mercury Music, 1946. Première: 1946.
Scuppernong; 3 pieces for country folk, for piano (1950). Providence: Axelrod Publications, 1951. 8p. 1. At a certain church ; 2. Ring game; 3. Visitor from town. Première: 1951. Duration: 7:40.
CD: Direct-to-Tape 9807 (American journey). C. Jackson, piano.
CD: Natalie CRI CD 629 (1992; Piano music by African American composers). composers). Hinderas, piano. Liner notes: Dominique-René de Lerma, 19p.
LP: Desto DC-7102/3 (1971). Natalie Hinderas, piano.
Serenade, for flute & harp. Manuscript located on p60-61 of A picture suite of the South, Album II. Library: Fisk.
Sing, o heavens, for SATB & organ. New York: Remick Music, 1934 (#1097-7). 8p. Text: Isaiah. Dedication: Charles C. Washburn and the Scarritt College Choir. Library: Fisk.
Sinner man, you need Jesus, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1950 (Organ portfolio, p85). Duration: 2:00. Library: Fisk.
Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass, for soprano & SATTBB with piano reduction. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, John Church, 1952 (#322-50020). 11p. Dedication: Harold White McCoo. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
LP:
Silver Crest NC-69-1B. Lyndia Newman, soprano; Wendell Phillips High
School A Cappella Choir; Andrew Duncan, conductor (North Central MENC,
Fargo SD; 1969/IV/27).
Sit down servant.
Sittin' down beside of the lamb, for TTBB with piano reduction. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1929 (#20 886). 7p. Library: Fisk.
Soliloquy, for high voice & piano. (1946). New York: Galaxy Music, 1946 (#GN 1557-4). 5p. Text: Myrtle Vorst Sheppard. Duration: 3:30. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- Melville: Edward B. Marks, 1977 (Anthology of art songs by Black American composers, ed. by Willis Patterson , p94-97). Text: Myrtle Vorst Sheppard. Duration: 3:39.
AC: (1976/VI/23, Westminster Choir School). George Shirley, tenor; Wayne Sanders, piano
AC: (1981/V/15, Morgan State University). Betty Ridgeway, mezzo-soprano; Patricia Springer, piano
AC: (1995/III/31, Lawrence University, Ben Holt Memorial Concert Series). George Shirley, tenor; Christina Dahl, piano
AC: (Morgan State University). Joyce B. Dixon, soprano; Patricia Springer, piano
AT: (1981/II/22, University of Illinois). Carlton Hines, tenor; André Thomas, piano
CD: Musicians’ Showcase MS 1011 (2000; The Negro speaks of rivers; art songs by African-American composers). Odikhiren Amaize, bass-baritone; David Korevaar, piano.
LP: University of Michigan SM-0015 (1980; Art songs by Black American composers). George Shirley, tenor, with unidentified pianist.
Sonata, piano C minor (1933). Contains 3 movements. Library: Fisk.
Song of the Mississippi boatmen, for SATB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940. 8p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- for TTBB. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940 (Fischer edition, 7599). 8p. Library: Fisk.
Spirit of God descend,
for SATB & organ or piano, by Joseph Barnby, arr. by John W.
Work. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1965. 8p. Text: George Croly.
Library: Fisk.
Spirituals, 10, for medium voice & piano. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1952 (#ES 131-16). 17p. 1.
Down on me; 2. O Lord, I'm hungry; 3. O Mary don't you weep; 4. Oh give
me the wings; 5. There is a balm in Gilead; 6. Were you there?; 7. I've
been in the storm so long; 8. In bright mansions above; 9. I know my
road is rough and ready; 10. I got a home in-a that rock. Library: Library of Congress.
----- Miami Beach: Charles Hansen, 1952. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Stand the storm, for tenor & TTBB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1931 (Fischer edition, 6514; J.F.&B. 6514-13). 13p. Dedication: Roy Tibbs. Library: Fisk, Spingarn.
Standing in the need of prayer, for SATB. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1981 (Lift every voice and sing, ed. by Irene V. Jackson, n97)
Steal away, for high voice, SATB & piano. New York: Century Co., 1931 (Anthems new and old, ed. by Ian Alexander, p129-135). Library: Fisk.
Suite to the South, for orchestra (by 1929). 1. One of its mornings; 2.At a certain church; 3. Ma Rainey.
Sun has gone to sleep; Lullaby, for SATB, by John W. Work II==, arr. by John W. Work III. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1953 (John W. Work choral series). Library: Fisk.
----- for contralto & SSA, arr. by John W. Work III. Nashville: Ethel Smith Music, 1953. (John W. Work choral series, 3500). 6p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Swing low, for SATB & organ. 8p. Library: Fisk.
Taliafero; An overture to a modern crusader, for orchestra (1955). 50p. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2; 4.3.3.1; timp, gong, cymbals; strings. Library: Fisk.
The angels bowed down, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & SATB. Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1943.
The joys of Mary, for baritone & SSAATTBB. Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, 1956. 19p. (#1104). 19p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
The light of God, for SATB & organ. New York: Remick, 1962 (Sacred choral music, R3424). 6p. Text: R. Confer. Library: Fisk.
The rocks and the mountains shall all flee away, for SATB with piano reduction. Boston: C. C. Birchard, 1953. 7p. Library: Fisk.
The singers; A cantata based on the poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
for baritone, SATB & orchestra (1941). New York: Mills, 1949.
Dedication: Dr. William Kimmel and the Michigan State College Choir.
Première: 1946; Detroit; Fellowship of American Composers. Award: Federation of American Composers Competition, 1946, first prize. Library: Fisk.
------ piano-vocal score. New York: Mills, 1949. 23p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress (49-28307).
The sun himself shall fade, for alto, SATB & organ or piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1951 (Galaxy music for the church, 1848).
8p. Text: Gallagher. Duration: 2:30. Dedication: Van S. Whitted,
organist of St. Mark's Methodist Church, New York. Library: Fisk,
Library of Congress.
There's a meeting here tonight, for tenor, baritone & TTBB with piano reduction. Boston: E. C. Schirmer, 1950 (ECS choral music, 2150). 14p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Thine eyes so blue and tender, for TTBB with piano reduction, by Eduard Lassen, arr. by John W. Work. 6p. Library: Fisk.
This little light o' mine, for medium voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1945 (#GM 1489-2). 3p. Duration: 2:30. Dedication: Joseph B. Wright. Library: Fisk.
AC: (Art songs and spirituals by Black Americans). Oral Moses, bass; Ann Sears, piano.
CD: Ondine ODE 715-2 (1988, Negro spirituals). Liner notes: Pekka Hako, in English and Finnish. ( 7p.) Osceola Davis, soprano; Ilmo Ranta, piano.
LP: RCA LSC-3183 (1971). Leontyne Price, soprano; Rust College Choir; Lassaye van Buren Holmes, conductor.
----- for soprano & SATB. New York: Galaxy Music, 1943 (#1384). 7p. Library: Fisk.
This ol' hammer killed John Henry,
for low voice & piano. New York: Galaxy Music, 1948. 7p.
Dedication: Kenneth Spencer. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
CD: Cantus. Cantus 1203 (2003). Liner notes: Erick Lichte.
----- for TTBB. New York: Galaxy Music, 1950, 1933 (#GM 629-15). 16p. Dedication: John W. Whittaker. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress (1933 imprint).
Three glimpses of night, for medium voice & piano. Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1960 (#Sumco 5571-B). In Contemporary American songs, p11-15). Text: Frank Davis. Dedication: Louis Nicholas. Library: Fisk.
'Twas on one Sunday morning, for SATB. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1942 (J.F.&B. 7819-6). 7p. Dedication: Harold C. Schmidt. Library: Fisk.
Unto the hills I lift mine eyes, for unison chorus, flute & organ. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1961 (#MF 596). In Church musician, 1961/IV/1). 8p. Text: Joseph Green. Library: Fisk.
Variations on an original theme, for piano (1934). Library: Fisk.
Wasn't that a mighty day?, for SATB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1962, 1934. (Part songs by John W. Work; #6835-6). Duration: 2:53. Library: Fisk, Spingarn.
AC: (1976/XII/12, Baltimore, Lyric Theater. Morgan State University Choir; Nathan Carter, conductor
LP: Silver Crest MOR-111997 (1977). Morgan State University Choir; Nathan Carter, conductor.
----- for SSA. Rockville Center: Belwin-Mills, 1970, 1962. (Carols and anthems for Christmastide; #FEC 6846-6). 7p. Library: Fisk.
----- for TTBB with piano reduction. Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1934. Fischer edition, 5616). 8p. (Dedication: Kemper Harreld. Library: Fisk.
Way over in Egypt land, for SATB with piano reduction. New York: Galaxy Music, 1950, 1947. (#1574-9). 11p. Dedication: Clarence Spencer Tocus. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
We are climbing Jacob's ladder, for SATB & organ or piano. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1961. p40-45. Library: Fisk.
We are climbing Jacob's ladder; a collection of anthems and spirituals, for SATB. Nashville: Broadman Press, n.d. 64p. 1. A child is born, for SATB [1962, 1966; text: William Sandys]; 2. If you love him, serve him, for unison voices & piano [1962]; 3. I'm goin' to sing, for two voices & piano [1964]; 4. Lord of all being, for unison voices & piano [1960; text: Oliver Wendell Holmes]; 5. Pour out thy spirit, for SATB [1965; text: James Montgomery]; 6. Rise up shepherd and foller, for SATB [1957]; 7. Spirit of God descend, for SATB & piano [1965; text by George Croly, music originally by Joseph Barnaby]; 8. The cross of Jesus, for soprano, SATB & piano [1959; text: Frederick Whitfield]; 9. Unto the hills I lift my eyes [1961, 1962; text: Joseph F. Green]; 10. We are climbing Jacob's ladder, for SATB & piano [1961].
When your lamp burns down, for organ. Dayton: Lorenz Music, 1950 (Organ portfolio, February 1950, n75). Duration: 1:30. Library: Fisk.
Whistlet a little.
Wrestling Jacob, for SATB with piano reduction. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1946. (#21582). 10p. Dedication: J. Wesley Jones. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
Yenvalou; A suite based on Haitian tunes and rhythms, for string orchestra (1946). 21p. 1. Allegro; 2. Allegretto con grazione; 3. Moderato ma marcato. Duration: 11:30. Library: Fisk, Lerma.
----- for chamber orchestra. Instrumentation: 0222, 0000, strings. Library: Fisk.
----- for 2 pianos. Library: Fisk.
You hear the lambs a-crying, for soprano, tenor, SATB & organ. Dayton: Cathedral, 1965 ( #9934). 7p. Library: Fisk.
You hear the lambs a-crying, for SATB & piano. Dayton: Cathedral Press, 1965. 10p. (Cathedral series, 9934). Library: Fisk.
----- for SSA. Boston: E. C. Schirmer, 1971 (#ESC 1551). Library: Fisk.
You may bury me in the east, for soprano or alto & SATB with piano reduction. Boston: E. C. Schirmer, 1958 (#2413; #ESC 1655). 10p. Duration: 3:50.Library: Fisk.
----- for tenor & SSA. Boston: E. C. Schirmer, 1949 ( #1971). Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
----- for tenor & TTBB. Boston: E. C. Schirmer, 1950. 9p. Library: Fisk, Library of Congress.
CD: MHCG (1990, For Doc, a brothers’ tribute in song). Bradley Candle, tenor; Morehouse College Glee Club; David Morrow, conductor.
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Dominique-René de Lerma
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