David Dusing

This South African Zulu song was first recorded in the early 1940s by Solomon Linda. Pete Seeger later transcribed the song for The Weavers. Once adapted to their own style, it become one of their gre...

Written in 1854, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was dedicated to composer Stephen Foster's wife, Jane McDowall. The opening lyrics, 'I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,' are said to have in...

This popular African-American spiritual has been recorded by many artists in past years, including Johnny Cash and Nina Simone. It is available in an a cappella arrangement for SATB and solo alto, all...

Once sung by prisoners performing heavy physical labor, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder is a chain gang song so powerful and poignant that it inspired choreographer Donald McKayle's modern dance piece of t...

Popularized by gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the 1950s, Didn't It Rain is a rousing spiritual about the rain that fell after Noah built his ark. David Düsing's arrangement features two tenor voices...

This delightful love song alludes, in the first verse, to 'bring the broom along

Not to be confused with Row, Row, Row Your Boat, this is the early 20th century American popular song (c. 1912) by James Monaco and William Jerome. Framed in the jaunty style of the flapper era, Row,...

Düsing unearths a quaint American folk song, arranging it as an easy and charming two-part choir concert piece.

Lushly harmonic setting of an Apache wedding blessing, featuring solo passages and cascading echoes. Suitable for interdenomination or secular wedding services.

An especially beautiful Appalachian Carol adapted by famed folk singer, Jean Ritchie. The first two verses are unknown and the remaining lyrics are by Ms. Ritchie.

The composers of Take Me Out to The Ball Game wrote the song years before they had ever seen a game. And most people are not aware that the lyric is about a young woman, Katie Casey, who is 'baseball...

Because Stephen Foster made a conscious decision to write 'people's music', many historians and critics have labeled him a musician of limited talent with no more than a natural gift for memorable tun...

A gentle ballad written toward the end of Stephen Foster's life.