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.
Musical Settings
Accountability (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Corn-song (voice, piano, strings and harp), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A Crust of Bread (voice, SATB chorus and instrumental ensemble), Jean Berger
A Death Song (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Death Song (medium voice and piano), Howard Swanson
A Dream (voice and piano), Theophil Wendt
Advice (baritone and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Florida Night (Jump Back), Simon Sargon
A Frolic, Gary Bachlund
A Golden Day (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Little Dreaming by the Way, John Carrington
A Love Song (voice and piano), Marques L.A. Garrett
A Madrigal (SATB chorus a cappella), Ulysses Simpson Kay
An African Love Song (high voice and piano), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
An African Love Song (voice and piano), Harry G. Bull
An African Love Song (voice and piano), Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
An Ante-bellum Sermon (voice and piano), H. T. (Harry Thacker) Burleigh
An Easy-Goin' Feller (baritone and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Negro Love Song, Reginald Evans
A Negro Love Song (Jump Back), Simon Sargon
Angelina, Frieda Peycke
Appreciation (baritone and piano), Gary Bachlund
A Prayer, Simon Sargon
A Prayer (high voice and piano), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A Prayer (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
