by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Tambourines
Language: English
Tambourines! Tambourines! To the glory of God! Tambourines To glory! A gospel shout And a gospel song: Life is short But God is long! Tambourines! Tambourines! Tambourines To glory!
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Tambourines", from Selected Poems of Langston Hughes, first published 1959 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frank W. Brazinski (b. 1932), "Tambourines" [ baritone or tenor, unaccompanied ], from Names in Uphill Letters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), "Tambourines", 2000/2008, copyright © 2000 [ mixed chorus or women's chorus or men's chorus and piano ], from Harlem Songs, no. 3, E.C. Schirmer Music Company
Publisher: ECS Publishing [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-01-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 29