Julia Johnson Davis
Julia Johnson Davis' poem "To My Little Son" was set to music by Florence Price.
Photo: Julia Johnson Davis, author, shown here with her newly published collection of poems, The Garnet Ring, in 1951, Norfolk Public Library website
Audio
To My Little Son
Charles Moore, tenor; Kaitlyn Rittner, piano1:38
About
Julia Johnson Davis was a community leader and writer from the community surrounding Norfolk, Virginia, namely the suburb of Ghent.
Sheet Music
Florence Price: Five Art Songs (Dr. Rae Linda Brown, ed.)
Florence Price
1. Hold Fast to Dreams (Langston Hughes)
Key D Major - d minor
2. Travel's End (Mary Folwell Hoisington)
Key B Major (Low voice)
3. To My Little Son (Julia Johnson Davis)
Key B Major (Medium voice)
4. Fantasy in Purple (Langston Hughes)
Key f minor (Medium voice)
5. Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
Key E-flat (Medium-High voice)
plus a transposed higher key, G Major (High voice)
Key D Major - d minor
2. Travel's End (Mary Folwell Hoisington)
Key B Major (Low voice)
3. To My Little Son (Julia Johnson Davis)
Key B Major (Medium voice)
4. Fantasy in Purple (Langston Hughes)
Key f minor (Medium voice)
5. Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
Key E-flat (Medium-High voice)
plus a transposed higher key, G Major (High voice)
Medium/High