The best of the Hall Johnson Centennial Festival : celebrating the 100th anniversary of Hall Johnson's birth, November 18-20, 1988, Rowan University of New Jersey.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Glassboro, New Jersey] : Hall Johnson Collection, Rowan University, ℗2002.
Description4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Spirituals (Songs)
African Americans--Music.
Songs, English--United States.

Other author/creatorJohnson, Hall, 1888-1970.
Other author/creatorWilson, Robin (Vocalist), performer.
Other author/creatorHopkins, Gregory, performer.
Other author/creatorDever, Barbara performer.
Other author/creatorForeman, Blanche, performer.
Other author/creatorMorrison, John (Tenor), performer.
Other author/creatorSimpson, Eugene Thamon, 1932-2021 performer.
Other author/creatorHoward University. Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorRowan University. Chamber Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorWinston-Salem State University. Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorHall Johnson Centennial Festival and Conference (1988 : Rowan University of New Jersey)
Contents Art songs: Birthday song ; David ; Life ; Stillness ; Swing dat hammer ; The courtship ; He'll bring it to pass ; Fi-yer ; Song of the mother ; Foundling ; Mother to son ; Crossing the bar ; Dear, could you know? ; Love is a plague ; I'm callin', yes I'm callin' ; Ain't got time to die -- Solo spirituals: Honor, honor ; Steal away ; His name so sweet ; Jesus, lay your head in de winder ; City called Heaven ; Way up in Heaven ; Give me Jesus ; Ride on, King Jesus ; Ride on Jesus ; Le's have a union ; Oh freedom ; Nobody knows de trouble I've seen ; Take my mother home ; Witness ; Wade in de water ; Oh fix me ; My good Lord done been here ; My God is so high ; I've been in de storm so long ; Roll, Jerd'n roll ; I'm gonna tell God all o' my troubles ; Oh glory ; I got to lie down -- Choral spirituals and work songs: 'Way over in Beulah Land ; Scandalize my name ; River chant ; Keep a-inchin' along ; I got a mule ; Ride on Jesus ; I couldn't hear nobody pray ; I'll never turn back no mo' ; Honor, honor ; Elijah rock! -- Music from the cinema: Swing low, sweet chariot ; Swanee River ; Mule song ; Walk together chillum ; Cert'ny Lord ; Rise an' shine ; Dere's no hidin' place ; Go down Moses ; Lord, I don't feel no-ways tired ; St. Louis blues -- Music from the music dramas: Processional ; Credo ; Run little chillun ; Banjo dance ; Elegy ; Good times Miss Sylvia ; I've been 'buked ; Pilate, Pilate ; Lament of Judas ; Lament ; Ride on King Jesus.
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Performer In the art songs: John Morrison, tenor ; Sylvia Lee, piano ; Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano. In the solo spirituals: Robin Wilson, soprano ; Eugene Simpson, piano ; Gregory Hopkins, tenor ; Sylvia Lee, piano. In the solo spirituals: Blanche Foreman, contralto ; Eugene Simpson, piano. In the choral spirituals and work songs: Howard University Choir. In the music from the cinema: Winston-Salem State University Choir. In the music from the music dramas: Rowan University Chamber Choir.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Nov. 18-20, 1988 at Wilson Recital Hall, Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
UPC 659696035522
Publisher numberO33D2 Hall Johnson Collection, Rowan University

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