Daybirth - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
| Song Title | Daybirth - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Joette McDonald |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Arms; Bending; Birth; Blades; Carefree; Children; Coats; Concepts; Containing; Day; Dew; Domes; Faith; Feet; Finding; Following; Footsteps; Glad; God; Grass; Hands; Heaven; Hollows; Joy; Large; Laughing; Leaving; Lifting; Light; Lighting; Love; Nature; Religion; Running; Safety; Sunrise; Surety; Throwing; Trains (Clothing); Understanding; Wet; Wind |
| First Line | I throw my coat across my arm and run toward the sunrise (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1994 (Search) Circa |
| Larger Work | Daybirth: Songs on Texts of J. McDonald (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTkGCuavkM |
| Catalog Designation | No. 6 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
| Range: | D4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb minor (Search) |
| Notes | There is an alternate text to the first line (I lift my train across my arm...), apparently for potential use by a woman/femme singer. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | American Composers Alliance (Search) |
| Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
| Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |