Through a Glass - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Through a Glass - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | Dwight Andrews |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Mari Evans |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Amish; Ancient; Arms; Bathing; Birds; Black; Bonnets; Brims; Broken; Brown; Captivity; Caressing; Chastening; Children; Claiming; Cold; Curious; Defeated; Disciplined; Eager; Escape; Extending; Eyes; Faces; Failures; Fingers; Floors; Freedom; Garments; Glass; Hats; Inscrutable; Inside; Isolation; Loneliness; Metaphor: Child as Bird; Mosaic; Navy; Peels; Peering; Pushing; Quick; Rebukes; Rows; Seeking; Silent; Surging; Tender; Understanding; Unyielding; Urging; Will; Wind; Windows; Wings; Yearning |
First Line | Black bonneted, the eager Amish Child (Search) |
Year of composition | 1991 (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Black Arts Movement (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | http://www.drdwightdandrews.com/s/Through-a-Glass-score-r.pdf |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | A#3 - C6 (Search) |
Dedicated To | The memory of Daisy Young (Search) |
Notes | Composer's notein score: "Composed in Celebration of the 1990 National Black Arts Festival" (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Soprano, soprano sax, cello, percussion, and piano (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |