BEIN JWJ Zan H874 931d Copy 1: Signed by the author. Presentation inscription to Carl Van Vechten., BEIN JWJ Zan H874 931d Copy 2: Signed by the author. Presentation inscription to James Weldon Johnson., "One hundred copies printed ... for private distribution only. Cover design by Zell Ingram. Frontispiece by Amy Spingarn. Handmade paper by Dard Hunter"--Colophon., and Poems.
"The Story Behind the Composing," typescript, photocopy, summary written by Myers in 1986 describing his experiences in composing God's Trombones and early performances, with printed programs, photocopies of correspondence, and other documentation appended; printed score, published by Eastlane Music Corp., [1966?]; and a "Written Analysis," typescript, photocopy, submitted as part of his dissertation, 1965. Also present are three audio cassettes: performances by the Pascack Valley Regional High School Select Choir, at Columbia University, Feb 21, 1964, and by the First Congregational United Church of Christ Choir, Washington, D.C., at Howard University, Jun 19, 1970, both with Myers as baritone soloist; and an undated copy of a 1938 recording of sections from the text read by James Weldon Johnson
Description:
Baritone, composer, and educator. Myers composed a setting of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones for solo voices, mixed chorus, solo trombones, and orchestra [i.e. brass ensemble]. The score and an analysis were submitted in 1965 to Columbia University, Teachers College, as a doctoral dissertation.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. and Myers, Gordon.
The collection consists of seven portrait drawings of noted African Americans and Haitians by the artist Amy Einstein Spingarn. The sitters include scientist George Washington Carver (1935) and authors Langston Hughes (1930), Zora Neale Hurston (circa 1935), James Weldon Johnson (undated), René Piquion (undated), George S. Schuyler (1933), and Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (undated). The portrait of Carver is pastel on paper; the others are charcoal and graphite on paper. Each portrait is identified by the artist's inscriptions and signature
Description:
Amy Einstein Spingarn was born in New York on January 29, 1883, the daughter of American businessman and manufacturer David L. Einstein (1839-1909) and Caroline Fatman Einstein (1852-1910). In 1905 she married Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939), a Columbia University literature professor and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition to being an artist herself, Amy Einstein Spingarn was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and supported the work of many black artists and writers; she also served on the board of directors of the NAACP for nearly forty years. Spingarn died at her home, Troutbeck, in Amenia, New York, on June 25, 1980., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hurston, Zora Neale, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Piquion, René, Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977 (George Samuel),, Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980., and Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, 1904-1975