Texts by C. Mckay set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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- About me young and careless feet (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund (On Broadway)
- Although she feeds me bread of bitterness (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund (America)
- America (Although she feeds me bread of bitterness) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
- Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes GER - G. Bachlund (The Harlem Dancer)
- A prayer ('Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
- Dirnen und Burschen hört' ich Beifall rasen - A. Zemlinsky
- Harlem Tänzerin (Dirnen und Burschen hört' ich Beifall rasen) - A. Zemlinsky
- His spirit in smoke ascended to high heaven - R. Owens (The lynching)
- If we must die -- let it not be like hogs (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund, A. Hailstork, R. Owens (If we must die)
- If we must die (If we must die -- let it not be like hogs) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund, A. Hailstork, R. Owens
- 'Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund (A prayer)
- On Broadway (About me young and careless feet) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
- O you would clothe me in silken frocks (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund (The wild goat)
- Romance (To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - S. Okpebholo
- The Harlem Dancer (Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes) - G. Bachlund GER
- The lynching (His spirit in smoke ascended to high heaven) - R. Owens
- The wild goat (O you would clothe me in silken frocks) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
- Think you I am not fiend and savage too? - R. Owens (To the white fiends)
- To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - S. Okpebholo (Romance)
- To the white fiends (Think you I am not fiend and savage too?) - R. Owens
- When I have passed away and am forgotten (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
- When I have passed away (When I have passed away and am forgotten) (from Harlem Shadows, The Poems of Claude McKay) - G. Bachlund
Last update: 2023-10-04 15:45:40