If There Be Sorrow - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | If There Be Sorrow - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | David Baker |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Mari Evans |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; Woman; POC; Black (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Adding; Brevity of Life; Carpe Diem; Dreams; Love; Restraining; Sorrow; Undone; Withholding |
First Line | If There Be Sorrow (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1986 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/if-there-be-sorrow/ |
Larger Work | Through This Vale of Tears: In Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Black Arts Movement (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuN1wlsYOKY |
Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
Premiered By | William Brown (Search) |
Commissioned By | William Brown (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/41318/through-this-vale-of-tears (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Tenor, string quartet, and piano (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |