The Dunbar Music Archive was established by Dr. Minnita Daniel-Cox in 2014. This resource is meant to increase awareness and consumption of musical settings of texts by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar the poet, author, librettist, activist, and essayist was a seminal figure in establishing a poetic voice that would influence African-American poets for generations, including those responsible for the blossoming of the Harlem Renaissance.

For translation and pronunciation information for dialect terms used in Dunbar's poetry, see the Dunbar Glossary of Dialect Terms.

This collection was produced by University of Dayton's Department of Music, the University Libraries and the University of Dayton's media production group.

The Dunbar Music Archive will be expanding through generous funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences. Please explore the contents of this collection and stay tuned for the launch of the Dunbar Library and Archive.

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Selected Poems

Song (Wintah, Summah, Snow er Shine), Paul Laurence Dunbar

Spring Fever, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Spring Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Sunset, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Sympathy, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Awakening, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Boogah Man, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Colored Band, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Dance, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Deserted Plantation, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Lawyers' Ways, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Master-Player, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Meadow Lark, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The News, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Theology, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Place Where the Rainbow Ends, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Plantation Child's Lullaby, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Real Question, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Real Question (Video), Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Rising of the Storm, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The River of Ruin, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Sand-Man, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Secret, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Sparrow, Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Sum, Paul Laurence Dunbar