Title:
Fi-yer! : a century of African American song.
Author:
Brown, William, 1938-2004.
Sears, Ann, 1949-
Publication Information:
Albany, NY : Albany Records, [1999]
Call Number:
P BROW F B29 1177
Abstract:
Art songs and arrangements of spirituals.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Includes program notes by Ann Sears, biographical information on the performers, and texts of the songs (18 p.) inserted in container.
Duration: 46 min., 12 sec.
Compact disc.
Contents:
Ezekiel saw de wheel / Roland Hayes (2:22) -- That welcome day / Thomas Greene Bethune (2:01) -- Night / Florence Price (1:09) -- Sleep, l'il chile, go sleep! / Harry T. Burleigh (3:22) -- I'm a-travelin' to the grave / R. Nathaniel Dett (2:59) -- Sister Mary had-a but one child / Roland Hayes (2:31) -- Po' Mo'ner got a home at last / Hall Johnson (3:33) -- Ride on, King Jesus / R. Nathaniel Dett (1:46) -- An explanation / Will Marion Cook (2:43) -- Wid de moon, moon, moon / Will Marion Cook (3:20) -- Whar shill we go when de Great Day comes? / John William Boone (4:03) -- By the pool of the third rosses / Harry T. Burleigh (2:33) -- Soliloquy / John W. Work (2:27) -- The breath of a rose / William Grant Still (2:56) -- Three dream portraits / Margaret Bonds : Minstrel man (1:57), Dream variation (1:49), I, too (1:44) -- Fi-yer! / Hall Johnson (2:46).