Now That He is Safely Dead - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
| Song Title | Now That He is Safely Dead - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | David Baker |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Jr., Carl Wendell Hines |
| Author Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Building; Causes; Challenging; Children; Civil Rights; Conscience; Convenient; Dead; Death; Dedication; Dreams; Dying; Easy; Fashioning; Glory; Great; Heroes; History; Hosanna; Images; Knowing; Leaders; Life; Living; Memory; Men; Monuments; Names; People; Praising; Remembering; Rising; Safe; Singing; Teaching; World; X, Malcolm |
| First Line | Now that he is safely dead, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1986 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://afamwilsonnc.com/2017/01/16/now-that-he-is-safely-dead/ |
| Larger Work | Through This Vale of Tears: In Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5Vw_r7xJc |
| Catalog Designation | No. 7 (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) |