Choral
SKU:
HL.350799
Full
Score. Composed by J.
Rosamond Johnson. LKM
Music. Spiritual.
Softcover. Edward B.
Marks Music #MP079003.
Published by Edward B.
Marks Music (HL.350799).
ISBN 9781705106778.
UPC:
840126935950.
The
poem “Lift Every
Voice and Sing†was
written by acclaimed
African American poet
James Weldon Johnson in
1900 and set to music
byhis brother John
Rosamond Johnson in 1905.
The Edward B. Marks Music
Company first published
the song in 1921, which
remains strongly
associated with social
justice and patriotism,
particularly in African
American communities.
While at one time it
could be found pasted to
the back of some hymnals
used in African American
Churches, today the song
is formally printed under
headings such as national
song or social justice in
many modern hymnals.
Other versions include a
concert setting published
in 1978 for SATB chorus
and piano by Roland
Carter, a setting by Hale
Smith for SATB chorus and
orchestra also dating
from the 70s, and a
modern R&B recorded
version released in 1990
featuring Dione Warwick,
Stevie Wonder and Take
6.
