Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age

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Album Description
Vibrant music from the crossroads—South and North, African and American, church and street—characterizes the era between 1914 and 1930.

Witness: Got the Saint Louis Blues - Classical Music in the Jazz Age, Music, Ryan French, Steve Burger, Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, Carl R. Diton, W. C. Handy, Edmund Thornton Jenkins, James P. [composer] Johnson, Florence B. Price, Philip Brunelle, Paul Shaw, Jearlyn Steele, Michael Forest, Thomas Larson, Vocal Essence, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Vocals, Concerto, Gospel, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Orchestral, Orchestral Music

Witness: Got the Saint Louis Blues - Classical Music in the Jazz Age
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Historically significant music, wonderfully performed!

Witness: Got the Saint Louis Blues - Classical Music in the Jazz Age
Ryan French , Steve Burger , Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh , R. Nathaniel Dett , Carl R. Diton , W. C. Handy , Edmund Thornton Jenkins , James P. [composer] Johnson , Florence B. Price , Philip Brunelle , Paul Shaw , Jearlyn Steele , Michael Forest , Thomas Larson , Vocal Essence , and VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Manufacturer: Clarion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Witness: What a Mighty God - Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus

ASIN: B0001FVERC
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

William C. Handy: Saint Louis Blues
Harry T. Burleigh: O Southland
Florence B. Price: Song for Snow
Florence B. Price: Moon Bridge
R. Nathaniel Dett: Listen to the Lambs
Harry T. Burleigh: Ethiopia's Paean to Exaltation
Carl R. Diton: Poor Mourner's Got a-Home
James P. Johnson: Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody
R. Nathaniel Dett: Chariot Jubilee
Edmund Thornton Jenkins: Charlestonia: Folk Rhapsody for Orchestra, No. 1
R. Nathaniel Dett: Ave Maria

Album Description

Vibrant music from the crossroads—South and North, African and American, church and street—characterizes the era between 1914 and 1930.

Customer Reviews:

Historically significant music, wonderfully performed!.......2004-06-01

Each of the composers here was a significant contributor to the Harlem Renaissance and by tune or text, these works document the coming jazz explosion. Many have never before been recorded.

For over 10 years, The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus (conducted by Philip Brunelle) has presented an enduring series of concerts showcasing the talents of trailblazing African American composers. Now this wealth of music is available outside the concert hall through a series of recordings called WITNESS.

The other three CDs are available as single titles, or in the boxed set THE WITNESS COLLECTION which includes:

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD: Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus
DANCE LIKE THE WIND: Music of Today's Black Composers
GOT THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
SKYWARD MY PEOPLE ROSE: Music of William Grant Still

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Curator, AfroAmericanHeritage.com

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