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.

This collection was produced by University of Dayton's Department of Music

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Selected Poems

A Banjo Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Boy's Summer Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Accountability, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Corn-song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Death Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Advice, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Florida Night, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Frolic, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Golden Day, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Hymn - After reading "Lead, Kindly Light", Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Love Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Madrigal, Paul Laurence Dunbar

An Ante-bellum Sermon, Paul Laurence Dunbar

An Easy-Goin' Feller, Paul Laurence Dunbar

An Easy-Goin' Feller (Video), Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Negro Love Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Angelina, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Plea, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Appreciation, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Prayer, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Sailor's Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Spiritual, Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Starry Night, Paul Laurence Dunbar