An April Day

Alternate Title

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895–1919)¹
Cullen, Countee, ed. Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets. New York: Harper and Bros., 1927.
- OCLC: 2695994

MC988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Score, complete (April 1, 1940): Box 12, Folder 1²
- 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, 12³
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

An April Day. New York: Handy Bros., 1949.
- OCLC: 82709930
Heard, Richard, ed. 44 Art Songs and Spirituals by Florence Price. Fayetteville, AR: ClarNan Editions, 2015.
- OCLC: 902815587
Florence Price: An April Day. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 2021.
- OCLC: 1274116203

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.

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.

On manuscript and published versions of this song, the author is often erroneously listed as “Jos. F. Cotter.” His middle name was Seamon. ↩
This score contains the dedication, “To Edith” (Price’s younger daughter, Edith Cassandra). ↩
This score notes, “Revised copy.” ↩