2021

Dying

Then, Here, and Now Song Collection

Dying is the second song in a cycle of four art songs based on spirituals and is Powell's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“Dying” (from “Then, Here, and Now”)

Louise Toppin, soprano; Joseph Williams, piano1:57

Rosephanye Powell

Composer

from African American Spirituals

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

Irvine, California

Location

This recording was part of a 3pm concert ("Soul & Reconciliation") on Friday, October 14, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

Dedicated to Marcia Porter, soprano. in remembrance of Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 25, 2020

“Dying” utilizes text of “I Want to Die Easy When I Die,” with additional new lyrics and a new melody.

Sheet Music

Then, Here and Now

Rosephanye Powell

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