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Religion, Resolve, and Rebuke: Dimensions of Justice in Baritone Solo Movements... (Lecture)
22:25
Religion, Resolve, and Rebuke: Dimensions of Justice in Baritone Solo Movements... (Lecture)
“Black Feminism in Music, Poetry, and Literature” (Lecture-Recital)
57:11
“Black Feminism in Music, Poetry, and Literature” (Lecture-Recital)
“A Ghost No More: On a Prize-Winning Song by Margaret Bonds No Longer Lost (Lecture)
32:43
“A Ghost No More: On a Prize-Winning Song by Margaret Bonds No Longer Lost (Lecture)
July Fourth Speech (Moore/Moore)
6:05
July Fourth Speech (Moore/Moore)
The Weary Blues (Moore/Hughes)
8:41
The Weary Blues (Moore/Hughes)
Lullaby (Moore/Traditional)
4:45
Lullaby (Moore/Traditional)
Charity (Hageman, arr. Moore/Dickinson)
2:17
Charity (Hageman, arr. Moore/Dickinson)
If Music be the Food of Love (Purcell, arr. Moore/Shakespeare)
2:24
If Music be the Food of Love (Purcell, arr. Moore/Shakespeare)
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn, arr. Moore/Heine)
3:38
On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn, arr. Moore/Heine)
Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death (song cycle; Moore/various)
21:58
Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds, and Death (song cycle; Moore/various)
Hurston songs (song cycle; Baiocchi/Hurston)
9:08
Hurston songs (song cycle; Baiocchi/Hurston)
Life (song cycle; Perry/Dunbar)
13:12
Life (song cycle; Perry/Dunbar)
From Cantata for Soprano and Piano (Alston)
12:48
From Cantata for Soprano and Piano (Alston)
“I want to die while you love me” (Smith Moore/Johnson)
2:47
“I want to die while you love me” (Smith Moore/Johnson)
“The voice of my beloved” & “Arise, my love, my fair one” (Moore)
5:37
“The voice of my beloved” & “Arise, my love, my fair one” (Moore)
Night (Price/Wallace)
2:06
Night (Price/Wallace)
She of the Dancing Feet (Corley/Cullen)
2:55
She of the Dancing Feet (Corley/Cullen)
“A Choice” (from the song cycle “Dream Trilogy and Wake-Up Call”; Jennings/Dunbar)
1:36
“A Choice” (from the song cycle “Dream Trilogy and Wake-Up Call”; Jennings/Dunbar)
“The Paradox” (from the song cycle “Dream Trilogy and Wake-Up Call”; Jennings/Dunbar)
4:46
“The Paradox” (from the song cycle “Dream Trilogy and Wake-Up Call”; Jennings/Dunbar)
“Coming Back to Cleveland” (Adams/McDonald)
3:55
“Coming Back to Cleveland” (Adams/McDonald)
“Chalk Man” (world premiere; Walker/Walker)
5:11
“Chalk Man” (world premiere; Walker/Walker)
“Absalom” (Hancock; 2 Samuel)
3:48
“Absalom” (Hancock; 2 Samuel)
“Four Sonnets to Duse” (song cycle; Owens/Teasdale)
15:39
“Four Sonnets to Duse” (song cycle; Owens/Teasdale)
“Dunbar Songs” (song cycle; Adams/Dunbar)
17:54
“Dunbar Songs” (song cycle; Adams/Dunbar)
“Three Dream Portraits” (song cycle; Bonds/Hughes)
6:18
“Three Dream Portraits” (song cycle; Bonds/Hughes)
“Dawn” (from the song cycle “The Shadow of Dawn”; Thompson/Dunbar)
3:09
“Dawn” (from the song cycle “The Shadow of Dawn”; Thompson/Dunbar)
“It was a Lover” (Ingram/Shakespeare)
3:10
“It was a Lover” (Ingram/Shakespeare)
“Dream Valley” (Ingram/Blake)
2:31
“Dream Valley” (Ingram/Blake)
“Love Rejoices” (from the song cycle “The Wider View”; Adams/Freeman)
5:11
“Love Rejoices” (from the song cycle “The Wider View”; Adams/Freeman)
“Desire” (Owens/Hughes)
1:39
“Desire” (Owens/Hughes)