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.
Selected Poems
Morning, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mortality, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Night, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Noddin' by de Fire, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Not They Who Soar, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Not They Who Soar, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Old, Paul Laurence Dunbar
On a Clean Book, Paul Laurence Dunbar
One Life, Paul Laurence Dunbar
On the Road, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Over the Hills, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Parted, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Philosophy, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Possum, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Religion, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Response, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Riding to Town, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Scamp, Paul Laurence Dunbar
She Gave Me a Rose, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Ships That Pass in the Night, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Signs of the Times, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Silence, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Sling Along, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song, Paul Laurence Dunbar
Song of Summer, Paul Laurence Dunbar
