Homesick Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Homesick Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Langston Hughes |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Air; American South; Blues; Boxcars; Bridges; Crying; Depression; Dialect; Emotions; Feelings; Going; Hearts; Hidden Feelings; Homesick; Homesickness; Laughing; Looking; Lord; Missing; Mouths; Opening; Passing; Railroads; Rolling; Sad; Sadness; Somewhere; Songs; Southern Dialect; Stations; Terrible; Trains; Travelers; Traveling |
First Line | De railroad bridge's (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1988 (Search) Circa |
Link to English Text Online | http://bbkingmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/L.-Hughes-and-the-Blues.pdf#page=2 |
Larger Work | The Wider View (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3at81-5IAs |
Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | F4 - G#5 (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Creative Arts Inc. (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |