© by Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014)
America
Language: English
The gold of her promise [ ... ]
This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.
Text Authorship:
- by Maya Angelou (1928 - 2014), "America", copyright © [author's text not yet checked 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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "America", 2001, first performed 2002 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from A Great Hope Fell: Songs from Civil War, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
Line count: 22
Word count: 87