The Meadowlark - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
| Song Title | The Meadowlark - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Birds; Bosoms; Clouds; Dank; Day; Deep; Dire; Disasters; Falling; Fields; Fleet; Flitting; Fluttering; Full; Gay; Gray; Grief; Grieving; Happy; Hearing; Hearts; Heralds; Larks; Laughing; Loud; Maidens; Mantles; Masters; Meadows; Metaphor: Wind as Herald; Moaning; Muttering; Nature; Personification: Day; Personification: Heart; Personification: Larks; Personification: Thunder; Robing; Sadness; Silence; Singing; Sky; Slow; Sober; Songs; Sweeping; Sweet; Tears; Tempests; Thunder; Waiting; Ways; Weather; Wind |
| First Line | Though the winds be dank, (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1981 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/poetry/261 |
| Larger Work | Three Dunbar Songs (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
| Range: | D4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Classical Vocal Reprints (Search) |
| Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
| Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |