History
Significant rewrite should include but is not limited to include
definitions, poets and poems, specific traditions represented in art, music,
and culture, discuss musical language of each composer. Present a clean and
clear bibliography with correct Turabian format.
Original Question
Three female composers of African-American descent, Florence Price
(1887–1953), Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989), and Margaret Bonds (1913–1972),
contributed significantly to American art song in the 20th Century.
For each composer:
Compile
a bibliography and a list of songs written for the soprano voice (complete
with publisher information).
Discuss
the influence of poets and poetry from the Harlem Renaissance upon her
songs and the texts that she chose.
Discuss
the influence of African and African-American musical traditions upon her
songs. In other words, how do this composer express “blackness” in
music?