February 13, 1979
Brown performance thrilling
Selecting songs for his criti
cally acclaimed "All Black
Composers Program'' took William
Brown a whole lot of doing.
The American tenor, who
presented his program Tuesday,
Feb. 6, in Sternberger Auditorium,
spent logn hours poring over the
enormous amount of works by black
composers before settling on his
choices for a representative group
ing.
Brown chose three African songs
to open the program, traditional
Zulu songs translated ' 'dick Song,"
' 'Shoot'' and ' 'Pondo Man.''
"I selected these because African
music has always been more directly
related to daily life than any other
civilization," Brown explained.
The Jackson, Ms., native said
that Margaret Bonds and Florence
Price are perhaps the most widely
known and respected black women
composers to date, and he chose
the late Ms. Bonds' "Three
Dream Portraits " for his program
"The Black Experience," a
song cycle based on poems by Mari
Evans, was dedicated to Brown
by the composer, David N. Baker.
"This song cycle has brought
me many hours of pain and joy
pain while trying to master the diffi
culty and overwhelming joy once
accomplished," Brown smiled.
His next selection for the pro
gram was two arias from William
Grant Still's opera "Highway
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sional opera production of this in
November of -1972 with Opera/
South," Brown related. "The two
arias, 'What Does He Know of
Dreams?' and 'You're Wonderful,
mary' are representative of the
composer's powerful dramatic and
melodious gifts."
The most popular Afro-Brazilian
composer of the 19th century was
Antonio Carlos Gomes, whose oper
etta "Se Sa Minga" and opra
"Lo Schiavo" (The Slave) won him
priase and fame both in Italy, where
he wrote them, and in Brazil.
Brown selected a romantic aria
from one of Gomes' later operas,
however, "Sol Ch'io Sfioro" from
"Maria Tudor," because it
expresses love over despair.
"Also," he commented, "I'm not
fond of anything relating to slavery.''
In a group entitled "Blues,
Ballads, Catch Song and Work,"
Brown will perform "Black Girl,"
"Lit'l Girl," "Lit'l Boy" and
"Timber."
The former, originally entitled
"Black Gal," ran into trouble in
1952 when Negroes at London
Recors refused to process the
recording because they felt it dero
gatory, Brown disclosed.
He also said legendary blues figure
Lead Belly Morton was hooted off
the stage when he tried to sing the
song at the Golden Gate Ballroom
for a Negro audience.
"Timber" is the kind of song
that was popular after the Civil
War, Brown explained, adding, "It
is the typical concept of the oppres
sed worker in the form of a mule."
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Brown closes his "All Black
Composers Program" with spiri
tuals, which he considers the most
characteristic product of Afro-
American genius to date.
"They are its great folk gift, and
rank among the classic folk
expressions in the whole world
because of their characteristic origin
ality and their universal appeal,"
Brown stated.
"Although the products of the
slave era and religious fervor of the
plantation religion, they have out
lived the generation and the
conditions which produced them,"
he noted. ''They were never written
down nor formally composed in
definitive versions; they have
survived imperishably."
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continued from page eleven
High scorer for both halves was
forward Ed Vickers with 36 points.
Leading Quaker scorers were Greg
Hopson with 25, Gary Devlin and
Postelle Seymour had 18 points
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Guilford will travel to Atlantic
Christian on Wednesday in hopes
of extending their winning streak
to six games. The next Guilford
twelve
home game is Feb. 23 when tht
Quakers will face Mars Hill. The
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