...Rebecca T. Cureau Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 Willis Laurente James and the Preservation ol Blatk Religious Folk Song Rebecca T Cureau Willis Laurence James (1900-1966) is among a small group of black folklorists who have devoted themselves to the preservation of African...

...Paul Laurence Dunbar © Copyright 1987 JBSM /Jon Michael Spencer 1987 A Heritage of Expression1 Paul Laurence Dunbar The strange, fantastic melody of the old plantation music has always possessed a deep fascination for me. There is an indescribable charm in it-a certain poetic sadness...

...Willis Laurence James Copyright © 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. Dedication To my mother Minnie Ellis James Washington who sang to me before my ears knew the sounds...

...Willis Laurence James Copyright © 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. Preface This book has been written after a long period of investigation, participation, and instruction...

...Rebecca T. Cureau Copyright © 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. Introduction At the time of his death in 1966, Willis Laurence James had lived to see a gradual turning...

... to The Journal of Black Sacred Music, is an instructor of music in the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), novelist, short story writer, and poet exemplar, authored such volumes of verse as Lyrics of a Lowly Life (1896), Lyrics of Love and Laughter (1903). Eloise McKinney...

..., Frederick, 167 Downes, Olin, 34, 241 Drane, Arizona, 61 drum, 2, 45, 49, 50, 51 Du Bois, W. E. B., 167, 237 Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 20,237 Dunham, Katherine, 46 Dvofak, Antonin, 168, 239 Echoes of Zion, 215 Edwards, Bill, 208, 211 Ellington, Duke, 46, 61, 63, 221 Europe, James Reese, 32 Ezell, Bus, 65, 205-6...

..." that is thematically manifested in black Nadirian literature is also manifested in the music of the Nadir. Some sang spirituals, some sang the blues; others could not muster up enough to sustain themselves but by singing the spirituals and the blues. Paul Laurence Dunbar best embodied this tension. On the one hand, he...

... twenties and early thirties. Bringing the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt into a new age-the age of the New Negro (as Alain Locke called it)-such literati as Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes became well known during the Renaissance. What they had...

... in the Enemys Country: The Emergence of Modem Black Literature. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989. Donald Petesch examines the literary, historical, and social contexts in which black literature emerged in America. Studying the works of Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson...

... Literature. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989. Donald Petesch examines the literary, historical, and social contexts in which black literature emerged in America. Studying the works of Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Wallace Thurman, Nella Larsen, and Jean Toomer...

..., Cary D. Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance. Houston: Rice University Press, 1988. The Harlem Renaissance was a literary and intellectual event of the late twenties and early thirties. Bringing the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt into a new age-the age of the New Negro (as Alain...

...John A. Burrison Burrison , John A. , ed. Storytellers: Folktales and Legends from the South . Athens : University of Georgia Press , 1989 . Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 up enough to sustain themselves but by singing the spirituals and the blues. Paul Laurence...

... Reap in Joy). Anthem (Psalm 126). SATB and Piano. b29 Harris, LeRoy W, Jr. A Note of Freedom. Voice and Keyboard. BU, fS Higgins, Elizabeth R. Trouble Will Soon Be Over. SATB and Keyboard. b29 Howorth, Wayne, arr. City Called Heaven. Spiritual. SATB. b30 James, Willis Laurence. Almighty God of Our...

... 35 "Don't Be Weary Traveller," 1 1 51 82 "Don't You Weep No More, Mary," 5, 46, 94, 97, II7, I20, l2I, I22, 125 Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 19, 46 Dunbar, Victor, 89 Durston, Douglas M., 86 Dvorak, Antonin, influence on American music, vii, viii, 201 21 1 28, 32, 43 Eastman School of Music, 1 1 4 Eight...

... Dobbs, Mattiwilda, 11 Dorsey, Tommy, 119 Douglas, Joe, 221 Downes, Olin, 15, 185, 237 Draper, Paul, 119 Dreyfuss, Henry, 12 Drye, Frank, 221 DuBois, W E. B., x, 45 Index 273 Dumas, Alexandre, 201 Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 9, 10, 160, 165, 170 Dunbar, Rudolph, 11, 16-17, 24, 27, 40, 50, Si-53, 54-55, 60...

...., n.d. Jackson, Myrtle. "But This I Pray, Oh Lord Remember Me." Gospel. James, Willis Laurence . "Dark Water SATB. - - . "Negro Bell Carol." SATB with Soprano or Tenor Solo. - - - , arr. "Roun' de Glory Manger." Spiritual. SATB with Soprano Solo. Jessye, Eva A., arr. "I Been 'Buked an' I Been Scorned...

.... In doing this, he contradicted many of his colleagues. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) took his cue from Negro secular folk songs and folk language. He collaborated with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor by writing lyrics, which made him a recognized songwriter. However, Dunbar's "The Corn Song," "At Candle...

...: "Dett stands with Paul Laurence Dunbar, Booker T. Washington, and James Weldon Johnson in being one of the few to gain national recognition in his chosen work."43 Jon Michael Spencer 42. George P. Phenix, review of Religious Folk- Songs of the Negro, ed. R. Nathaniel Dett, Southern Workman 56 (1927...

..., Better buy yo' gal some I . A worthy example of the excitement found in this dance is also shown in the delightfully humorous poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, "The Party!' Cries in Speech and Song 21 Fo' she put you down. Lemonade cool And de glasses tall, Yo' better buy yo' gal some Fo' de others git...