The Heart of a Woman - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
| Song Title | The Heart of a Woman - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Georgia Douglas Johnson |
| Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black; Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Bars; Beauty; Birds; Breaking; Cages; Captivity; Dawn; Dreaming; Echoes; Falling; Forgetting; Freedom; Gender; Heartbreak; Hearts; Home; Life; Metaphor: Dawn as Bird; Night; Past; Personification: Heart; Plight; Restless; Roaming; Sheltering; Soft; Stars; Turrets; Vales; Winging; Women; Yearning |
| First Line | The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1961 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52494/the-heart-of-a-woman |
| Larger Work | Nightsongs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Harlem Renaissance (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bda2_1GG_mU |
| Catalog Designation | No. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low (D Major) and medium (F Major) keys (Search) |
| Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
| Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |