Texts by J. Johnson set in Art Songs and Choral Works
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Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):
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- And God stepped out on space (And God stepped out on space) (from God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse) - W. Fortner
- And God stepped out on space (from God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse) - W. Fortner (The Creation)
- Brer Rabbit, you's de cutes' of 'em all (Once der was a meetin' in de wilderness) (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light - H. Burleigh (Her eyes twin pools)
- Her eyes twin pools (Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light) - H. Burleigh
- How would you have us, as we are? (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund (To America)
- I hear the stars still singing (I hear the stars still singing) (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- I hear the stars still singing (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- Il Giovane Guerriero () - H. Burleigh (Text: Anonymous after James Weldon Johnson) [x]
- Life (Out of the infinite sea of eternity) (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring - R. Carter, M. Emery, J. Johnson (Lift every voice and sing)
- Lift every voice and sing (Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring) - R. Carter, J. Johnson
- Lift ev'ry voice and sing, 'til earth and Heaven ring (Lift every voice and sing) - R. Carter, M. Emery, J. Johnson
- Lift up your voice and sing (Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring) - M. Emery
- Mother, shed no mournful tears ITA - H. Burleigh
- O black and unknown bards of long ago - D. Moore (O black and unknown bards)
- O black and unknown bards (O black and unknown bards of long ago) - D. Moore
- Once der was a meetin' in de wilderness (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- Out of the infinite sea of eternity (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund (Life)
- Seems lak to me de stars don't shine so bright - H. Adams, G. Bachlund (Sence You Went Away)
- Sence You Went Away (Seems lak to me de stars don't shine so bright) - G. Bachlund
- Since You Went Away (Seems lak to me de stars don't shine so bright) - H. Adams
- Sometimes the mist overhangs my path - G. Bachlund, M. Garrett
- The Creation (And God stepped out on space) (from God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse)
- The gift to sing (Sometimes the mist overhangs my path) - G. Bachlund, M. Garrett
- The Glory of the Day was in Her Face (The glory of the day was in her face) (from Fifty years & other poems) - H. Burleigh, D. Moore, F. Price
- The Young Warrior (Mother, shed no mournful tears) - H. Burleigh ITA
- To America (How would you have us, as we are?) (from Fifty years & other poems) - G. Bachlund
- Your eyes so deep and tender are - H. Burleigh
- Your eyes so deep (Your eyes so deep and tender are) - H. Burleigh
- Your lips are wine (Your lips are wine) - H. Burleigh
- Your lips are wine - H. Burleigh
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