Through a Glass - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

Song TitleThrough a Glass - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search)
Composer(s):Dwight Andrews
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Mari Evans
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Amish; Ancient; Arms; Bathing; Birds; Black; Bonnets; Brims; Broken; Brown; Captivity; Caressing; Chastening; Children; Claiming; Cold; Curious; Defeated; Disciplined; Eager; Escape; Extending; Eyes; Faces; Failures; Fingers; Floors; Freedom; Garments; Glass; Hats; Inscrutable; Inside; Isolation; Loneliness; Metaphor: Child as Bird; Mosaic; Navy; Peels; Peering; Pushing; Quick; Rebukes; Rows; Seeking; Silent; Surging; Tender; Understanding; Unyielding; Urging; Will; Wind; Windows; Wings; Yearning
First LineBlack bonneted, the eager Amish Child (Search)
Year of composition 1991 (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsBlack Arts Movement (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source http://www.drdwightdandrews.com/s/Through-a-Glass-score-r.pdf
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: A#3 - C6 (Search)
Dedicated ToThe memory of Daisy Young (Search)
NotesComposer's notein score: "Composed in Celebration of the 1990 National Black Arts Festival" (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceSoprano, soprano sax, cello, percussion, and piano (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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