An April Day

Alternate Title

  • None

Composition Year

  • 1940[?]
  • February 14, 1949, Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc., EP 34294

Instrumentation

  • Piano and high voice

Length

  • 1 min, 30 sec

Lyricist and Source

Manuscripts

Premiere Performance

  • Unknown

Published Editions

Recordings

Thematic Incipit

Bibliography

  1. 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.
  2. Thompson, Marilyn Angela. “W.C. Handy’s Contribution to African American Solo Vocal Concert Music.” EdD diss., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007.

Entry History

  • Submitted May 26, 2024

Notes

  1. On manuscript and published versions of this song, the author is often erroneously listed as “Jos. F. Cotter.” His middle name was Seamon. 

  2. This score contains the dedication, “To Edith” (Price’s younger daughter, Edith Cassandra). 

  3. This score notes, “Revised copy.”