I Want to be Free, Part One - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

Song TitleI Want to be Free, Part One - 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):Anita Turpeau Anderson
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: African-American; America; Beating; Bigotry; Binding; Black; Bodies; Bonds; Breasts; Brown; Children; Civil Rights; Colors; Faces; Free; Freedom; Hands; Hearts; Inequality; Longing; Oppression; Prejudice; Pride; Proud; Race; Racism; Stigmas; Tan; United States of America; Wanting
First LineI am proud of my race, (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1999 (Search) Circa
Larger WorkWords My Mother Taught Me (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/words-my-mother-taught-me-a-song-cycle-for-soprano-and-piano/oclc/1120130615&referer=brief_results
Audio Source http://www.tjandersonmusic.com/audio/mp3/WORDS_MY_MOTHER.mp3
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Dedicated ToPamela L. Kelly (Search)
Premiered ByPamela L. Kelly (Search)
NotesPremiered by Pamela L. Kelly, soprano, San Diego, July 2, 2000. Poet was composer's mother (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceN.Y.: American Composers' Edition, Inc. (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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