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
Musical Settings
Forever (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
Goin' Home, Reginald Evans
Good-Night (SAB, SSA, TTB), Matthew Emery
Good-Night (voice, piano and violoncello obbligato), N. Clark Smith
Growing Gray (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
He Had His Dream (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
Howdy, honey, howdy (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
How Shall I Woo Thee (voice and piano), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hunting Song, Evelyn McCue Wright
If op.15 no.1 (high voice and piano), Robert Owens
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Phillip Magnuson
In Dahomey, William Marion Cook
In May (voice and piano), Alice Barnett
Invitation to Love (voice and piano), Granville English
Invitation to Love (voice and piano), Theophil Wendt
Itching Heels, C. Koerner
Itching Heels (medium voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
Jes Lak White Fo'ks, Will Marion Cook and William Marion Cook
Jump Back, Honey, Philip Hayden
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back (voice and piano), William L. (William Levi) Dawson
Justice (medium voice or high voice and piano), Gary Bachlund
Lager Beer (baritone and piano), Gary Bachlund
Lay Me Down Beneaf de Willers in the Grass, Reginald Evans
Lead Gently, Lord, and Slow, Reginald Evans
Lead Gently, Lord (SATB chorus and organ), Gary Bachlund
