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
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
