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 GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Langston Hughes
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-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 LineDe railroad bridge's (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1988 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://bbkingmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/L.-Hughes-and-the-Blues.pdf#page=2
Larger WorkThe Wider View (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3at81-5IAs
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: F4 - G#5 (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceCreative Arts Inc. (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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