Edited by John Michael Cooper. Those who know the composer from the melodic richness and emotional intensity of her works 'Troubled Water', 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers', and 'Three Dream Portraits' wi...
The two works in this publication are Tangamerican and Fugal Dance. In the words of editor John Michael Cooper, Tangamerican is melodically, harmonically, and stylistically rich, but succinct - just t...
This beautiful lullaby for women's chorus uses text by Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918). Bonds sets this text as a tender lullaby, beginning quietly and moving to intricate melodies, lush harmonies, and tex...
The spiritual “You Can Tell the World” remained fertile ground for Margaret Bonds’ compositional genius throughout her career. This SSA setting of “You Can Tell the World,” is unique, however, because...
This is one of two short sacred choruses and two sacred songs on the same texts that Bonds composed in 1968. The words were written by her friend and frequent collaborator Janice Lovoos, a multifacete...
This work is typical of the unrelenting originality of Margaret Bonds' arrangements of spirituals. It was composed in 1969 for legendary soprano Leontyne Price and the A Cappella Choir of Rust College...
Hymne au Soleil ('Hymn to the Sun') is suffused with impressionism's parallel chords, and it musically mirrors the various words of its text, an excerpt from an exotic play by Casimir Delavigne (1793-...
The text for this choral masterpiece is W. E. B Du Bois' 'Credo' (1904), promoting racial justice, equality and harmony. The piano/vocal score was the original score prepared by the composer. This is...
Margaret Bonds composed this choral piece in 1968. The text for this work is the well known and timeless 'Prayer for St Francis of Assissi' (anonymous) that begins 'Lord, make me an instrument of thy...
With renewed interest in the music of Poldowski in recent years, this new critical edition is a welcome addition to the vocal repertoire. The edition, in two volumes, present all 36 of Poldowski's ext...
