My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord
Alternate Title
- See also “My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord” (orchestra and solo voice)
Composition Year
- 1931
Copyright Information
- August 12, 1937, Gamble Hinged Music Co., E pub. 63815
Instrumentation
- Piano and medium or high voice
Length
Lyricist and Source
- Spiritual
Manuscripts
- MC 988a: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Box 13, Folder 12
- MC988b: Florence Beatrice Smith Price Papers Second Addendum, Special Collections, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas
- Score, complete (September 30, 1931): Box 1C, Folder 351
- MS Coll. 199: Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania
- Score, complete: Box 60, Folder 14152
- MS Coll. 199: Marian Anderson Collection of Music Manuscripts, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania
- Bound score, complete (undated): Box 61, Folder 14303
Premiere Performance
Published Editions
- My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord. New York: Remick Music, 1937.4
- My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord. Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music Co., 1937.
- Taylor, Vivian, ed. Art Songs and Spirituals by African-American Woman Composers. Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Co., 1995.
Recordings
Thematic Incipits
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.
Notes
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This manuscript includes the annotation, “Arr. especially for and dedicated to Abbie Mitchell.” ↩
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This manuscript includes a stamp, “Federal Theatre Project, New York.” ↩
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This score is bound with “Morning” and “Lover’s Lane.” ↩
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This edition includes the annotation, “As sung by Marian Anderson (Victor Record No. 1799).” ↩