A Death Song (medium voice and piano)
Publication Information
(1951)
Original Listing
Paul Laurence Dunbar, A Death Song
Biographical Information
(1907-1978) Howard Swanson was born in Atlanta. He began piano study at age 12 in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in music theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He continued his studies with composer-teacher Nadia Boulanger in Fontainebleau, France. In 1950, Marian Anderson sang Swanson’s “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” at Carnegie Hall in the opening concert of her season. Later, the New York Philharmonic premiered Swanson’s Short Symphony. In 1952, Swanson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Academy of Arts and Letters.
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Howard, "A Death Song (medium voice and piano)" (1951). Dunbar Music Archive. 26.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dunbar/26
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