An April Day
Alternate Title
Composition Year
- February 14, 1949, Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc., EP 34294
Instrumentation
Length
Lyricist and Source
Manuscripts
- MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Score, complete (April 1, 1940): Box 12, Folder 1
- Score, complete (undated) x4: Box 12, Folder 1
- Score, incomplete (undated): Box 12, Folder 1
- MC988b: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Second Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Scores, complete (undated): Box 1A, 12
- MS Coll. 199: Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania
- Score, complete (undated): Box 59, Folder 1395
Published Editions
Recordings
- You Can Tell the World: Songs by African-American Women Composers. Sebronette Barnes, soprano; Elise Auerbach, piano. Senrab Records, 2000.
- Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death: Songs by African-American Women. Carren Moham, soprano; Michael Lester, piano. NOViTAS Records, 2001.
- My Dream: Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price. Richard Heard, tenor; Roy L. Belfield, Jr., piano. Percentage Records, 2012.
Thematic Incipit
Bibliography
- Brown, Rae Linda. The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price. Music in American Life. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020.
- Thompson, Marilyn Angela. “W.C. Handy’s Contribution to African American Solo Vocal Concert Music.” EdD diss., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007.
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