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The Wider View - generously provided by
African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title
The Wider View - generously provided by
African Diaspora Music Project
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Composer(s):
H. Leslie Adams
Composer Underrepresented Group
African-American; POC; Black (
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Author(s):
Beatrice Rowley (as R. H. Grenville)
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Barriers
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Birth
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Boundaries
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Breath
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Childhood
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Confinement
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Confusion
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Creation
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Day
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Death
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Decline
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Ending
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Experience
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Fresh
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Growing
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Heights
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Horizon
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Illusions
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Infinity
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Intimate
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Knowledge
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Learning
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Life
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Limitations
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Lines
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Lofty
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Love
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Luminous
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Marking
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Measuring
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Metaphor: Forest as Wall
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Metaphor: Horizon as Boundary
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Metaphor: Life as Breath
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Metaphor: Sky as Roof
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Places
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Roofs
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Separation
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Sky
;
Small
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Spaces
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Spans
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Spirit
;
Stern
;
Thinking
;
Time
;
Tolerating
;
Unfolding
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Unity
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Vast
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Views
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Walls
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Wide
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Wonder
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Woods
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World
First Line
In my childhood I was wont (
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Average Duration
5:00 (
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Year of composition
1988 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://songofamerica.net/song/wider-view/
Larger Work
The Wider View (
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Original Language
English (
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Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn0cBWw1Emg
Catalog Designation
No. 5 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
F4 - Ab5 (
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Recommended Printed Source
Creative Arts Inc. (
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Sources Cited
African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin
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Contributor
Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (
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