A Good Assassination Should be Quiet - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | A Good Assassination Should be Quiet - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | David Baker |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Mari Evans |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Assassinations; Civil Rights; Crimes; Death; Demise; Dreams; Exploding; Eyes; Good; Grief; Gross; Hard; Hearts; Heaven; History; Impious; Indelicate; Inequality; King, Jr., Martin Luther; Known; Mourning; Murder; Occupying; Public; Quiet; Racism; Rules; Sadness; Swinging; Throats; Transgressing; Violent; White; Years |
Year of composition | 1973 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/good-assassination-should-be-quiet/ |
Larger Work | The Black Experience (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Black Arts Movement (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
Range: | C3 - Ab4 (Search) |
Premiered By | William Brown (Search) |
Commissioned By | William Brown (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |