Sing the Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

Song TitleSing the Blues - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search)
Composer(s):T. J. (Thomas Jefferson) Anderson Jr.
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Harryette Mullen
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Asking; Bad; Blues; Everything; Fast; Feeling; Forgiveness; Good; Grooves; Heads; Jazz; Markets; Music; Mustang; Noises; Old; Records; Ruin; Saving; Singing; Slowing; Sounds; Swinging; Tearing; Time; Tuning; Updating; Verses; Voices; Words
First Linego ahead and sing the blues (Search)
Year of composition 1994 (Search) Circa
Larger Work7 Cabaret Songs (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 7 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/Low voice
Range: F3 - F5 (Search)
Dedicated ToWilliam Grant Still (Search)
Premiered ByNnenna Freelon (Search)
Commissioned ByMallarme Chamber Players for Nnenna Freelon with assistance by the North Carolina Arts Council (Search)
NotesPremiered September 16, 1995; Nnenna Freelon and the Mallarme Chamber Players; Wright State University, Dayton, OH (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceN.Y.: American Composers' Edition, Inc. (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceJazz vocalist, flute, viola, cello, and piano (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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