American Classics - Dreamer -A Portrait of Langston Hughes

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Album Summary

Performers

• Maria Corley (Piano)
• Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Erik Santos (Piano)

Composers

• Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
• William Grant Still (1895 - 1978)
• Ricky Ian Gordon (1956 - )
• Kurt Weill (Composer) (1900 - 1950)
• Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949)
• Robert Owens (Composer) (1925 - )
• Hale Smith (1925 - 2009)
• Florence Price (1887 - 1953)
• Harriette Davidson (1923 - 1978)
• Erik Santos
• John Musto (Piano) (1954 - )
• Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)
• Howard Swanson (1907 - 1978)
• Jean Berger (1909 - 2002)

Notes & Reviews:

Langston Hughes poetry lends itself so readily to musical setting that the composer Elite Siegmeister once declared him the "most musical poet of the twentieth century". From popular forms to the more demanding jazz and classical repertoire, Hughes found inspiration in the work of musicians. This collection of songs written by 20th Century American composers on the poet's texts celebrates the centenary of his birth.

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Hughes, Langston : My People (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Period Time: Modern

Owens, Robert (I) : Heart on the Wall, songs for voice & piano :: Heart

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Musto, John [Piano] : Shadow of the Blues, for voice & piano :: Island

• Performers: Darryl Taylor (Tenor); Maria Corley (Piano)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hughes, Langston : The Weary Blues (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Musto, John [Piano] : Shadow of the Blues, for voice & piano :: Litany

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Still, William Grant : Songs of Separation :: A Black Pierrot

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Smith, Hale : Beyond the Rim of Day, songs for voice & piano :: March Moon

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950

Hughes, Langston : Negro (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bonds, Margaret Allison : The Negro speaks of rivers

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gordon, Ricky Ian : Genius Child, song cycle for voice & piano :: My People

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Price, Florence Beatrice : Song to the Dark Virgin

• Performers: Darryl Taylor (Tenor); Maria Corley (Piano)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Hughes, Langston : Evil (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Period Time: Modern

Swanson, Howard : Joy, for voice & piano

• Performers: Darryl Taylor (Tenor); Maria Corley (Piano)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Period Time: Modern

Weill, Kurt [Composer] : Street Scene, opera :: Lonely House

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 01/1946-11/1946

Bonds, Margaret Allison : Dream Portraits (3) for voice & piano :: Minstrel Man

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1959

Hughes, Langston : Sunday Morning Prophecy (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Davidson, Harriette : In Time of Silver Rain, for voice & piano

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Berger, Jean : Songs (4) of Langston Hughes, for voice & piano :: Carolina Cabin

• Performers: Darryl Taylor (Tenor); Maria Corley (Piano)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Hughes, Langston : Madam and the Census Taker (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Period Time: Modern

Burleigh, Henry Thacker : Lovely dark and lonely one

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Hughes, Langston : Sylvester's Dying Bed (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Santos, Erik : Dreamer, song cycle for voice, harp & piano

• Performer: Erik Santos (Piano)
• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2000

Hughes, Langston : Still Here (poem)

• Notes: WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL / Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Great Hall (07/23/2001/12/08/2001)
• Period Time: Modern