Over 50 Classic Favorites for Voice and Piano Including a Performance CD. By Hall Johnson; Toy Harper. Edited by Julius Willams. Arranged by Hall Johnson. Text: Dwight Strickland; Eugene Thamon Simpson Ed. D.; Hall Johnson; John L. Motley; Langston Hughes; Oscar O. Cozad. For Piano, Voice. Piano/Vocal Score. 208 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

Composed by Samuel R. Hazo. MusicWorks Grade 3. Concert. Score and parts (with online audio). Published by Hal Leonard

SSAATTBB choir, piano accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-10609

Composed by Roger Ames. Evoking Sound. Music Education. Octavo. 8 pages. GIA Publications #10609. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10609).

English. Text Source: 'Dreams,' Langston Hughes, 1901-1967. Text by Langston Hughes.

Choral Horn, Trombone, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Tuba, SATB chorus

SKU: PR.34240159S

Composed by William Schuman. Full score. With Standard notation. 12+12 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40159S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.34240159S).

ISBN 9781491113233. UPC: 680160055388. Text: Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes.

Chamber Music High voice, Piano

SKU: PR.111402890

Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. Full score. 44 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40289. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.111402890).

ISBN 9781491134672. UPC: 680160685264.

Whatâ??s in a name? While the title is French for â??Eight Flower Songs,â? the texts are all in English. The poemsâ?? flowers metaphorically evoke fragrance, love and loss, life and death, rebirth and regrowth. Perhaps the texture and beauty of Gordonâ??s music are themselves French. The 20-minute song cycle draws on poems from Wordsworth to Dorothy Parker, as well as from contemporary poets including the composer himself.
When So-Chung Shinn came to me with the idea of commissioning a song cycle with her spectacular husband Tony Lee, she had in mind something having to do with flowers. Tony had asked her what she wanted for her birthday, and she said she wanted to be behind the creating of a new work. Lucky me, I was the recipient of the commission. So-Chung sent me a little description of all the flowers she loves, but I had to take the idea and create a narrative in my head.It is always a matter of pleasing the commissioner, yet coming up with something you can get behind and hear music for as well. I already knew I wanted to use my â??Tulipsâ? poem which is really about the arc of a relationship as represented through the life span of the Tulips, and, in many ways, disappointment; and Dorothy Parkerâ??s â??One Perfect Rose,â? which is wry, bitter, cynical, and funny, in a way only Dorothy Parker can so pithily express.I thought of Jane Kenyonâ??s exquisite â??Peonies at Dusk,â? because knowing she died so young (46) of leukemia, the poem has such a particular resonance, almost humanizing the Peonies, casting the moon as a sentient being, illustrating so beautifully how connected everything is, alive here, and revolving around these exquisite blossoms. Then, I remembered her husband Donald Hallâ??s poem â??Her Garden,â? which he wrote after Jane died, his grief intermingled with his inability to care for what she had created, to keep alive what so represented her aliveness, broken as he was, and I felt I already had a story.I found the Wordsworth, because it felt like pure joy to me, but also, if each of the songs has a color in my head, â??The Daffodilsâ? is pure yellow and a good place to start. My partner Kevin and I live on a lake, and every year, the first Daffodils, the shock of yellows, the oranges, the blinding whites, after the long snowy winters, sing of the newness that is about to enfold us in its green miraculousness.At first, the cycle ended with the Langston Hughes poem â??Cycle,â? or â??New Flowers,â? because it was lovely, and about rebirth, which is obviously optimistic, and apt, but then, my friend Telmo Dos Santos, a wonderful Canadian poet whom I met at Banff, sent me his poem â??Afterlife With Lilacs,â? having no idea what I was working on. I felt I had to add it because it is so dazzling, and it immediately felt like the missing link. Finally, there were unfortunately rights issues, namely, we could not, no how, get in touch with the Langston Hughes Estate, after so many happy collaborations.After almost a yearâ??s frustration, I wrote my own text, â??Play, Orpheus,â? which ended up being fortuitous, because the first time I met So-Chung, she entered the room and the most exquisite scent of Lillies of the Valley, Muguet de Bois, filled the room. I went right over to her and rudely put my nose to her neck, for the intoxication of the scent. So â??Play, Orpheusâ? is for So-Chung, to remind us of the precious treasures of this world flowers remind us of. Everything and everyone lives and dies, lives and dies. Death and resurrection.And of course, this is music, this is song, so the inclusion of the God of music, Orpheus, seems apt. Huit Chansons de Fleurs is really about what flowers represent, their radiance, their flickering impermanence, the way they are used to celebrate, as well as to mourn...... and of course, their fragrance. Their fragrance.Ricky Ian GordonJuly 28, 2021.

Orchestra (Print) Bass Trombone; Bassoon; Bells; Cello; Choral; Clarinet; Double Bass; Flute; Horn; Oboe; Percussion 1; Percussion 2; Trombone 1; Trumpet 1; Trumpet 2; Trumpet 3; Viola; Violin 1; Violin 2 (Orchestra (Score & Parts))

SKU: HL.114464

Composed by Langston Hughes and Rollo Dilworth. Festival Choral. African-American, Choir & Orchestra, Concert, Festival, Inspirational, Multicultural, Spiritual. 116 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.114464).

UPC: 884088872670. 8.5x11.0x0.525 inches.

Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On” are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of the struggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard, bass and drums or the optional orchestral accompaniment! Available separately: SATB divisi, Orchestra score and parts (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2 [btbn], bells, perc 1-2, vn 1-2, va, vc, db). Duration: ca. 5:00.

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-10354

From Simon Bore the Cross. Composed by Margaret Bonds. Edited by Frederick A. Binkholder. Good Friday. African American Church Music Series. Sacred. Octavo. 16 pages. GIA Publications #10354. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10354).

UPC: 785147035411. English. Text by Langston Hughes.

This piece, with words by Langston Hughes, is from Margaret Bonds’ cantata Simon Bore the Cross. The cantata pulls into sharp focus individuals of African descent who were integral components of the gospel story: King Balthazar and Simon of Cyrene. A moving piece for Good Friday.

Composed by Jack Curtis Dubowsky. For SATB choir. Choral. Secular; contemporary. Octavo. Composed 2000. 4 pages. Duration 1:15. Published by De Stijl Music

SAB choir & piano - Very Easy to Easy

SKU: OU.9780193540071

Composed by Sarah Quartel. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. SABar. Choral score. 8 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193540071. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193540071).

ISBN 9780193540071. 10 x 7 inches.

For SABar and piano Commissioned by the Treble Makers Women's Choir to celebrate both their 10th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Canada, this secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. Featuring a lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part.

SSAA Choral (SSAA Divisi)

SKU: HL.900148

Composed by Rosephanye Powell. Contemporary Choral. Concert, Festival. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.900148).

UPC: 196288089124. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

“To sit and dream, to sit and read, to sit and learn about the world.” These words from a poem by Langston Hughes invite us to reach toward dreams of a better world and a more just society. This intimate choral setting, which features jazz harmonies, will be an excellent selection for choirs in high school and up.

SATB choir, divisi, piano accompaniment - Intermediate

SKU: GI.G-9368

Composed by Uzee Brown, Jr. Morehouse,Morehouse. Music Education. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9368. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9368).

UPC: 785147936800. English. Text by Langston Hughes.

((from Langston Hughes' Dream of Freedom)). By Evan Mack. SATB. Contemporary Choral. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Andre Thomas. Arranged by Andre Thomas. Text: Langston Hughes. For SATB Choir. (Accompaniment: Piano). Secular. Level: Medium Advanced Jr. High/High School or Medium Adult. 8 pages. Duration 2 min, 50 sec. Published by Hinshaw Music Inc.