Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bibb, Leon
2. Browne, Roscoe Lee
3. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001
4. Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
5. Holly, Ellen
6. Jones, James Earl
7. Premice, Josephine
8. Tyson, Cicely
9. Lee, Bill, 1928-2023
10. Scharf, Stuart
11. Williams, Floyd
12. Powell, Seldon

Description

1. 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.

Alternative title

1. 'Buked and scorned.
2. All hid.
3. Little boy.
4. Dink's song.
5. Ballad of Rudolph Reed.
6. O' Shenandoah.
7. Glory glory.
8. Get up, blues.
9. Harlem sweeties.
10. Jane Jane.
11. My Lord, what a morning.
12. Careless love.
13. Rocks and gravel.

Subject

1. Musicals -- Excerpts. - [Browse in index]
2. African Americans -- Music. - [Browse in index]
3. American poetry -- African American authors. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. From the dark tower ; The negro speaks of rivers ; Frederick Douglass ; We wear the mask -- Runagate runagate ; The dark symphonby : Lento grave ; O black and unknown bards ; 'buked and scorned -- Ol' Lem ; Sonnet to a negro in Harlem ; Southern mansion ; Mother to son -- Sence you went away ; When Malindy sings ; A negro love song ; All hid ; Little boy -- An old woman remembers ; Between the world and me ; My angel ; Dink's song -- Journey to a parallel ; The end of man is his beauty ; The ballad of Rudolph Reed ; A moment please ; We have been believers ; O' Shenandoah ; Speech : I have heard ... -- La vie c'est la vie ; At early morn -- The elevator man ; Look at that gal ... ; Glory glory -- To a young poet ; Four questions ; Counterpoint -- Meanwhile, a Mississippi mother burns bacon ; The last quatrain of the ballad of Emmett Till ; Bound no'th blues ; Ma Rainey ; Get up, blues ; The rebel ; The distant drum.
2. No images : Why try : Ontogeny recapitulates ... ; Robert Whitmore ; Harlem sweeties -- A street in Bronzeville : Kitchenette ; After winter ; When in Rome ; American gothic : To Satch -- Jane Jane ; Epigram ; Conception ; Alien -- My Lord, what a morning ; The preacher ruminates ... ; Personal ; Preface to a 20 volume suicide note ; Careless love -- This ain't no mass thing ; Rocks and gravel ; Song ; If the birds.

Call number

1. *LZR 47638

Language

1. English

Note

1. Musical revue interspersing folk and popular songs with recitations of Black poetry.
2. Program and biographical notes on container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded in New York City, Sept. 26, 27, and 29, 1966.

Performer

1. Roscoe Lee Browne, director ; performed by Leon Bibb, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn, Ellen Holly, James Earl Jones, Joshephine Prémice and Cicely Tyson ; music performed by Stuart Scharf, guitar ; Bill Lee, bass ; Floyd Williams, percussion ; Seldon Powell, flute.

Added author

1. Bibb, Leon, performer.
2. Browne, Roscoe Lee, director.
3. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001, performer.
4. Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, performer.
5. Holly, Ellen, performer.
6. Jones, James Earl, performer.
7. Premice, Josephine, performer.
8. Tyson, Cicely, performer.
9. Lee, Bill, 1928-2023, instrumentalist.
10. Scharf, Stuart, instrumentalist.
11. Williams, Floyd, instrumentalist.
12. Powell, Seldon, instrumentalist.

LCCN

1. r 67000423

Publisher no.

1. FV-9040 OC Verve Folkways

Research call number

1. *LZR 47638 Program notes on container.