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R. Nathaniel Dett  (1882-1943) Compositeur afro-américain, pianiste et directeur choral Directeur Choral d'Hampton Institute 1913-1932
Table des Matières   1 Naissance   2 Style   3 Leçons de piano   4 Education   5 Les concerts   6 L'album du coeur   7 In the Bottoms   8 The Chariot Jubilee   9 Mariage  10 Don't Be Weary  11 Le pianiste  12 The Ordering of Moses  13 Huit Vignettes  14 Retour à education  15 La mort  16 L'Héritage  17 Magnolias  18 La Chorale de N. Dett  19 Ressources  20 Œuvres  21 Bibliographie	The Collected Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett Summy-Birchard (1973)

Échantillons audio : 
1 Clarion CLR907CD (2004) ; « Got the Saint Louis Blues » ;
   VocalEssence Ensemble ; Philip Brunelle, Chef d'orchestre   
     a Ave Maria 
     b Listen to the Lambs 
     c The Chariot Jubilee
2 Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003) ; « Senku: Piano Music by
   Composers of African Descent » ; William H. Chapman Nyaho,
   piano;  « In the Bottoms Suite » 
     a Prelude: Night 
     b His Song 
     c Honey: Humoresque 
     d Barcarolle: Morning 
     e Dance: Juba
3 Édité par le pianiste (2001) ; « Magnolias » ; Gail Davis Barnes,
   piano ; « Magnolia Suite »  Magnolias

1 Naissance
R. (Robert) Nathaniel Dett est né le 11 octobre 1882 à Drummondville, dans l'Ontario (territoire qui fait maintenant partie de Niagara Falls, Ontario).  Sa mère, Charlotte Washington Dett, est née à Drummondville.  Robert T. Dett, son père, était un immigrant originaire des Etats-Unis. En 1883, la famille s'installa de l'autre côte de la frontière de Niagara Falls, état de New York, et se mit à gérer une pension pour touristes.

2 Style
Vivian F. McBrier est l'auteur d'une thèse de doctorat sur la vie de Robert Nathaniel Dett. Elle a écrit un article sur ce sujet sur l'Africana Encyclopedia.
Dett est connu pour ses œuvres de chorale dont la thématique et la structure sont dans la veine des chants religieux Noirs, des chants folkloriques et ses œuvres pour piano solo, dont la plupart sont écrits dans le style romantique du XIXe siècle.

3 Leçons de piano
Mc Brier rapporte les tout premiers temps de Dett s'initiant au piano :
Dett était un enfant musicalement précoce qui joua du piano à trois ans sans avoir pris de leçons.  McBrier ajoute que sa famille lui fit donner des leçons quand il eut cinq ans.  Quand la famille s'installa à Niagara Falls, elle trouva un autre professeur pour lui.

4 Education
Doninique-René de Lerma, professeur de musique à Lawrence University, a écrit une introduction au livre intitulé The Collected Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett, publié en 1973 par Summy-Birchard.  Dans cet ouvrage, nous pouvons lire : lorsqu'il eut 14 ans, il occupa en emploi de groom à temps partiel au Cataract Hotel à Niagara Falls et joua également du piano à l'église.  De 1901 à 1903, il étudia à Oliver Willis Halstead Conservatory of Music puis s'inscrivit au Conservatoire de Musique d'Oberlin en 1903.

De Lerma a parlé des expériences de Dett à Oberlin dans le commentaires des œuvres pour piano de Nathaniel Dett, New World Records 80367 2 (1988) :
A Oberlin, il étudia le piano avec Howard Handel Carter (un ancien étudiant de Theodore Presser) et George Carl Hastings (condisciple, parmi d'autres étudiants, de Jessie Covington Dent, autre musicien Noir prodige).  Son professeur de théorie musicale était Arthur E. Heacox, et pour la composition, il étudia avec George Whitfield Andrews qui sera plus tard le professeur de William Grant Still.

Toutefois, le déclic qui eut le plus d'influence sur lui ce fut un concert à Oberlin par le Kneisel Quartet dont le programme incluait une œuvre de Dvorak (probablemente Quatuor à cordes N° 12, Opus 96 - « L'Américain »), lui rappelant les chants religieux que sa grand-mère avait chantés pour lui dans l'Ontario. « C'est la assurément que se trouvait le concept - l'utilisation de mélodies folkloriques traditionnelles dans la musique artistique - qui devait diriger et guider ses efforts créatifs toute sa vie, » a pu dire Vivian McBrier.
Après avoir efectué un cycle de cinq années d'études à Oberlin en 1908, il devint le premier Afro-Américain à obtenir un BA de musique (licence) avec un « major » (sujet de spécialisation) en composition et piano.

5 Les concerts
Deux concerts en 1914 contribuent à faire de Dett un compositeur et pianiste majeur.  Lors du premier concert qui eut lieu au Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Club il joua son « Magnolia ».  Le 3 juin, lors du second, il donna un concert exclusivement avec des compositeurs de couleur.  Dett interpréta « Magnolia » et « In the Bottoms ». Dans l'introduction de son livre, De Lerma cite un critique musical qui écrit dans le Chicago Evening Post du jour suivant que les suites pour piano de Dett étaient les œuvres les plus originales du programme. En outre, ce critique décerne « des éloges au
sommet » pour l"habileté de Dett comme pianiste.

6 L'Album du Coeur
Dans son article sur l'Africana Encyclopedia, McBrier dit que Dett doit à sa mère l'intérêt qu'il portait à la poésie. 
C'est elle qui lui enseigna dès son plus jeune âge à réciter de longs passages de la bible, des poèmes d'Alfred Tennyson, de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow et de William Shakespeare.  Dett publia une collection de ses propres poèmes en 1911 sous le titre « The Album of the Heart ».  Plus tard, plusieurs de ces poèmes furent adaptés en chansons.

7 In the Bottoms (Dans les bas-fonds)
Dett commença à enseigner la musique à Lane College à Jackson dans le Tennessee en 1908.  En 1911, il obtint un poste à Lincoln Institute à Jefferson City dans le Missouri. Sa titularisation exceptionnelle comme professeur à Hampton Institute en Virginie commença en 1913 et se prolongea jusqu'en 1932.  A ce sujet, De Lerma a écrit :
A son arrivée, il était encore auréolé de son récent succès de « In the Bottoms », une suite pour piano qui fut joué pour la première fois au Chicago's Music Hall par Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler.  Dett créa les structures suivantes : The School of Music, The Hampton Choral Union, The Musical Arts Society et The Hampton Music Choir.

8 The Chariot Jubilee
De Lerma parle des premières années à Hampton Institute en ces
termes :
Après avoir composé plusieurs œuvres patriotiques pour le Canada et les Etats-Unis durant la période de la guerre, Dett consacra largement son temps à des thèmes spirituels qui aboutirent au Chariot Jubilee pour ténor, chœur et orchestre.

9 Mariage
Dans son introduction De Lerma parle du mariage de Dett :
L'événement majeur de l'année 1916 fut son mariage avec Helen Elise Smith le 27 décembre à St. Philip's Church à New York.  Son épouse était la première diplômée du Damrosch Institute of Musical Art (qui devait devenir en 1926 la Juilliard School of Music).

10 Don't Be Weary, Traveler (Sens de « Ne te laisse pas abattre, Voyageur »)
Dett se mit en congé durant l'année 1920-21 afin d'entreprendre des études avancées de musique avec Arthur Foote à Harvard University.
De Lerma ajout :
Là Dett remporta des prix pour son essai sur Negro Music et son arrangement musical de « Don't Be Weary Traveler ».  Il attira davantage l'attention grâce à l'enregistrement de Juba interprété par Percy Grainger, extrait de In the Bottoms, qui devint bien vite l'œuvre la plus populaire de Dett.

11 Le pianiste
Vivian McBrier parle en ces termes de la carrière de Dett en tant que pianiste de concert :
Durant toute sa vie professionnelle, Dett consacra du temps au travail de concert.  Comme pianiste, il avait reçu une bonne formation, faisait montre d'aisance et de sensibilité et il fut encensé par les critiques dans les grandes villes des Etats-Unis et du Canada.

12 The Ordering of Moses
Le compositeur trouva le temps d'aller étudier en France avec Nadia Boulanger en 1929 a l'Ecole de Musique de Fontainebleau. Autre événement important, il étudia à la Eastman School of Music et en 1932 obtint une maîtrise de musique, tout en composant une partition pour chœur et orchestre.  De Lerma mentionne cette œuvre dans son livre :
Quand cette pièce fut jouée pour la première fois en 1939 lors du Cincinnati Festival avec Eugene Goosens au pupitre de chef d'orchestre, on la présenta comme un oratorio intégral avec pour titre « The Ordering of Moses » (« Les commandements de
Moïse »), et ce fut la suite logique de « The Chariot Jubilee ».

 13 Huit Vignettes de la Bible
En terminant ses études à Eastman, Dett démissionna de son poste à Hampton Institute et s'installa à Rochester, New York.  De Lerma parle de son travail à la radio dans l'introduction de son
livre :
Il devint un enseignant indépendant et dès 1933 dirigea une chorale de seize exécutants pour les programmes hebdomadaires NBC de Stromberg-Carlson.  Dett composa « Eight Bible
Vignettes », fit montr de son intérêt pour la musique chromatique et le contrepoint, en se référant à la fois à des thèmes religieux et des sujets hébraïques.

14 Retour à l'enseignement
En 1937, après cinq années loin de salles de classe, Dett alla vivre à Greenboro en Caroline du Nord.  Il fut nommé Visiting Director of Music (Directeur Associé du Département de Musique) à Bennett College, une école exclusivement féminine.  Dans l'avant propos de son livre De Lerma écrit :
En 1940, Dett organisa une tournée de sa chorale à travers les Etats-Unis et le Canada et fit des enregistrements pour CBS avec son groupe.  Il fut invité à donner des conférences à Virginia State College et à Northwestern University en 1941.
Dett arrêta, un fois de plus, d'enseigner en 1942 pour retourner à Rochester, où il s'associa à St. Simon's Episcopal Church.

15 La mort
En 1943 Dett mit ses compétences à la disposition de l'effort de guerre U.S. en rejoignant l'United Service Organization en tant que conseiller, expert en chorales. Il voyageait avec un groupe de femmes choristes de l'United Service Organization quand il fut victime d'une attaque cardiaque à Battle Creek, Michigan. Il mourut le 2 octobre 1943. Helen, son épouse et ses deux filles lui survécurent.

16 L'Héritage
En tant que compositeur, on fait surtout référence à R. Nathaniel Dett pour ses œuvres pour chorales, inspirées de la tradition religieuse afro-américaine et pour ses œuvres pour piano solo composées dans un style romantique.  De Lerma fait remarquer dans son livre que ce compositeur avait une « technique élaborée du clavier ».  Il ajoute : ce qui fut toutefois l'aspect le plus important de sa vie ce fut de dédieer ses talents à la cause de la musique de son peuple.  En tant qu'éducateur, il découvrit et encouragea les talents de nombreuses personnes ; en tant que chef de chorale, il donna à la fois à l'Europe et à l'Amérique une raison supplémentaire de respecter l'exceptionnel héritage musical des Afro-Américains.

17 Magnolias
Le pianiste Gail Davis Barnes a enregistré cinq œuvres pour piano de Dett sur un CD produit en 2002.  Cet enregistrement
comprend : « Magnolias », « Deserted Cabin », « My Lady Love », « Mammy » et « The Place Where The Rainbow Ends ».  Le reste de cet enregistrement est consacré aux œuvres pour piano de Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

 18 La chorale de Nathaniel Dett
La chorale de Nathaniel Dett donne la description suivante de sa composition et de sa mission sur le site Web, www.NathanielDettChorale.org  :
La chorale de Nathaniel Dett est la première formation de chorale du Canada se consacrant à la musique d'inspiration africaine de tous les styles : musique classique, musique religieuse, gospel, jazz, musique folk et blues.  La chorale se compose de vingt musiciens de formation classique et offre un forum pour susciter une prise de conscience publique et un intérêt pour des œuvres originales de compositeurs africains du passé, du présent et futur.

« Listen to the Lambs (Ecoutez les agneaux) : La musique de R. Nathaniel Dett » est le titre du premier enregistrement fait par la chorale Nathaniel Dett, dirigé par Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.  Chez Marquis Classics / EMI Canada CDC 81293-2.

19 Ressources
L'Encyclopédie canadienne 
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ - Encyclopédie de la musique au Canada : Robert Nathaniel Dett

20 Œuvres
Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma

CD: William Brown, tenor; Ann Sears, piano.  Albany TROY == (1999; Fi-yer!; A century of African-American song).

Collections:

Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, S. 67, for SATB with optional piano (1927).  Hampton: Hampton Institute Press, 1927.  xxvii, 236, ii, xiii p.  A wheel in a wheel; Babylon’s falling’; Band ob Gideon; Bright sparkles in the churchyard; But he ain’t comin;  here t;die no mo’; By and by; Children, we shall all be free; Come down, sinner; Daniel saw the stone; De church of God; De old sheep done know de road; De old ark a-moverin’ along; De winter’ll soon be ober; Deep river; Dere’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart’; Did you hear how dey crucified my Lord?; Don’t be weary, traveler; Don’t ca;; de roll; Don’t get weary; Don’t leave me, Lord; Don’t you view dat ship a-come a-sailin’?; Down by the river; Dust an’ ashes; Ef you want to get to hebben; Ev’ry time I feel the spirit’Ezekiel saw de wheel; Fightin on; Git on board , little chidren; Go down, Moses; Go Mary and toll de bell; Go tell it on de mountain; Goin’ to shout all over God’s heav’n; Going to heaven; Good Lord, shall I ever be the one?; Good news, de chariot’s comin’; Grace before meat at Hampton; Gwine up’Hailt! Hail! Hail!; Hard trials; He is king of kings; Hear de anhels singin’; Hear de lambs a-cryin’; He’s the lily of the valley;I ain’t goin’t’study war no more; I am goin’ to join this army; I am seekin’ for a city; I couldn’t hear nobody pray; I don’t want to stay here no longer; I heard from heaven today; I heard the preaching of the elder; I know the Lord’s laid his hands on me; I’ll be there in the morning; I’m a-rolling; I’m a trav’ling to the grave; I’m gwine to jine de great ‘sociation; I’m so glad trouble don’t last always; I’m troubled in mind; If you love God, serve him;  In bright mansions above; In dat great gittin’-o[ mornin’; In that beautiful world on high; In the kingdom; I’ve been a-list’ning all de night long; I’ve been toilin’ at de hill; I’ve got a mother in de heaven; I want to be ready; I would like to read; Jerusalem mornin’; John saw judgment; Keep a-inchin’ along’Keep me from sinkin’ down; King Manuel; Leanin’ on de Lord; L’envoi’Let de heaven light shine on me; Let us cheer the weary traveler; Let us praise him; Like a rough and a rolling sea; Listen to de lambs; Little David, play on your harp; Live humble; Look away; Lord, have mercy; Lord, I want to be a Christian; Lord, until I reach my home; Most done trabelling; Mother, is massa gwine to sell us?; My Lord delibered Daniel; My Lord, what a morning; My lord;’s a-riding all the time; My soul wants something that’s new; My way’s cloudy; No more auction block; Nobody knows de trouble I’ve seen; Oh, de downward road is croweded; Oh, de hebben is shinin’; Oh, freedom!; Oh, give way, Jordan; Oh, he raise-a poor Lazarus; Oh, Jerusalem!; Oh, religion is a fortune; Oh, sinner, you’d better get ready; Oh, stand the storm; Oh, the rocks and the mountains; Oh, wan’t date a wide ribber?; Oh, when I get t’ heaven; Oh, yes!; Oh yes, younder come my Lord; Ole-time religion; Peter on the sea; Pilgrim’s song; Pilgrim’s song; Prayer is de key of heaven; Put John on de islan’; Raslin’ Jacob; Reisgn, massa Jesus; Rise on, rise an’shine; Rise up shepher and foller; Roll de ole chariot along; Roll, Jordan, roll; Run, Mary, run; Run to Jesus; See fo’ and twenty elders; Seek and ye shall find; Slav’ry chain; Somebody’s knocking at your door; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child; Soon I will be done; Stars in the elements; Stay in de field; Steal away to Jesus; Sun, don’t set in de mornin’; Sweet Canaan; Sweet turtle dove; Swing low, chariot’Swing low, sweet chaiot[two settijngs]; Tell Jesus; Theer is a balm in Gilead; There were ten virgins; There’s a meeting here tonight; They look like men of war; ‘Tis me; ‘Tis the old ship of Zion; View de land; Walk togedder, children;  Walk you in de light; Want to go to heaven when I die; We are almost home; We are building on a rock; We are climbing Jacob’s ladder; We are walking in de light; Were you there when they crucified my Lorrd?; What yo’ gwine t’ do when de lamp burn down?; When the general roll is called; Where shall I be when de firs’ trumpet sound?; Who’ll jine de union?; Why, he’s Lord of lords; Wonder where is good ole Daniel; You goin’ to reap jus’ what you sow; Zion, weep a-low.

-----  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927. 

The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett, with introductions by Dominique-René de Lerma and Vivian Flagg McBrier.  Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973.  xii, 195p.

The Dett collection of Negro spirituals, S. 78, for SATB, some with piano, some with solo voices (1934).  Chicago: Hall & McCreary, 1936.  Vol. 1: Balm in Gilead; Daniel saw the stone; Deep river; Don’t call the roll, John; Give me your hand; Go down, Moses; Go tell it on the mountain; I hope my mother will be there; I know the Lord’s laid his hands on me; I’ve done what you told me to do; I want to be ready; Lord, I want to be a Christian; Many thousand gone; Mary and Martha; My brother, I do wonder; My way’s cloudy; Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; Oh, I got a light; Poor mourner’s got a home; Rise and shine; Room enough; Shine along; Somebody’s knocking at your door; Steal away; Swing low, sweet chariot; There’s a meeting here tonight.  Vol. 2: Dust, dust, and ashes;  I am seeking for a city; Let the heaven light shine on me; Murm’ring word; My Lord, what a morning!; The old ark’s a-movering along; Save me, Lord, save me; Stay in the field; ‘This the old ship of Zion; We are building on a rock; We are climbing Jacob’s ladder; What you gonna do when the lamp burns down?; The winter’ll soon be over; You’re going to reap just what you sow.  Vol 3: Appolyon and the pilgrim; Better be ready; Calvary’s mountain; Certainly, Lord; Down in hell; Father Abraham; I ain’t going t’ study war no more; I belong to the union band; In that beautiful world on high; I’ve got shoes; Lord, until I reach my home; My way’s cloudy; Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord; Poor pilgrim; Roll, Jordon, roll (c1860); Roll, Jordon, roll (Tidewater version); Run to Jesus; Steal away; We are trav’ling to the grave.  Vol. 4: Baptism; By and by; Come to me; Communion; Ev’ry time I feel the spirit; Hew ‘round the tree; Ho, everyone that thirsts; If I had died when I was a babe; Is there anybody here?; Little David, play on your harp; O. holy savior; Pray on the way; Roll, Jordon, roll.

Negro spirituals, S. 89, for SATB, some with solos.  London: Blandford Press, 1959.  Appolyon and the pilgrim; Baptism; Better be ready; Calvary’s mountain; Certainly, Lord; Come to me; Communion; Daniel saw the stone; Don’t call the roll, John; Down in hell; Father Abraham;  Give me your hand; Go tell it on the mountain; Hew ‘round the tree; Ho, everyone that thirsts; I  am seeking for a city; I belong to the union band; I know the Lord’s laid his hands on me; I’ve done what you told me to do; If I had died when I was a babe; In that beautiful world on high; Is there anybody here?; Keep me from sinking down; Let the heaven light shine on me; Lord, until I reach my home; Many thousand gone; Mary and Martha; Murm’ring word; My brother, I do wonder; My way’s cloudy; My way’s cloudy; O. holy savior; Oh, I got a light; Poor mourner’s got a home; Poor pilgrim; Pray on the way;Rise and shine; Room enough; Run to Jesus; Save me, Lord, save me; Shine along; Stay in the field; ‘Sweetest sound I ever heard; The old ark’s a-movering along; The winter’ll soon be over; There’s a meeting here tonight; This the old ship of Zion; We are climbing Jacob’s ladder; We are trav’ling to the grave; What you gonna do when the lamp burns down?; You’re going to reap just what you sow.

Individual titles:

      CD: Oral Moses, bass-baritone; George Morrison Bailey, piano.  Albany TROY == (2001; Amen!; African-American composers of the 20^th century).

Dett, R. Nathaniel. “I’m Goin’ To Thank God.” Glen Rock, NJ: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.

& Bro., 1940.

Collections:

The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett

The Dett collection of Negro spirituals, S. 78, for SATB & piano (varies) (1936).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1936.  4 vols.

Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, S. 67, for SATB with piano reduction.  Hampton: Hampton Institute Press, 1927.  xxvii, 236p.  1. A wheel in a wheel; 2. Babylon's fallin'.; 3. Band ob Gideon; 4. Bright sparkles in de churchyard;5. But he ain’t comin' here t'die no mo'; 6. By and by; 7. Children,. we all shall be free; 8. De church of God; 9. Come down, sinner; 10. Daniel saw the stone; 11. Deep river; 12. Dere's a little wheel a-turnin' in my heart; 13. Did you hear how dey crucified my Lord?; 14. Don't be weary, traveler; 15. Don't call de roll; 16. Don't get weary; 17. Don't leave me, Lord; 18.  Don't you view dat ship a-come a-sailin'?; 19. Down by the river; 20. Dust an' ashes; 21. Ef you want to get to hebben; 22. Ev'ry time I feel the spirit; 23. Ezekiel saw de wheel; 24. Fighting on; 25. Git on board, little children;26. Go down, Moses; 27. Go, Mary, an' toll de bell; 28. Go tell it on de mountain; 29. Goin' to shout all over God's heav'n; 30. Going to heaven; 31. Good Lord, shall I ever be de one?; 32. Good news, de chariot's comin'; 33. Grace before meat at Hampton’; 34. Gwine up; 35. Hail! hail! hail!; 36. Hard trials; 37. He is king of kings; 38. Hear de angels singin'; 39. He's the lily of the valley; 40. I ain't goint' study war no more; 41. I am goin' to join this army; 42. I am seekin' for a city; 43. I couldn't hear nobody pray; 44. I don't want to stay here no longer; 45. I heard from heaven today; 46. I heard the preaching on the elder; 47. I know the Lord's laid his hands on me; 48. I'll be there in the morning; 49. I'm a-rolling; 50. I'm a travl'in to the grave; 51. I'm gwine to jine de great 'sociation; 52. I'm so glad trouble don't last always; 53. I'm troubled in mind; 54. If you love God, serve him; 55. In bright mansions above; 56. In dat great gittin'-up mornin'; 57. I that beautiful kingdom on high; 58. In the kingdom; 59. I've been a-list'ning all de night long; 60. I've been toilin'at de hill; 61. I've got a mother in de heaven; 62. I want to be ready; 63. I would like to read==; 64. Jerusalem morning; 65. John saw judgment; 66. Keep a-inchin' along; 67. Keep me from sinkin' down; 68. King Manuel; 69. Leanin'on de Lord; 70.  L'envoi;  71. Let de heaven light shine on me; 72. Let us cheer thje weary traveler; 73. Let us praise him; 74. Like a rough and a rolling sea; 75. Listen to de lambs; 76. Little David, play on your harp; 77. Live humble; 78. Look away; 79. Lord, have mercy; 80. Lord, I want to be a Christian; 81. Lord, until I reach my home; 82. Most done trabelling; 83. Mother, is massa swine to sell us?; 84. My Lord delibered Daniel; 85. My Lord, what a morning!; 86. My Lord's a-riding all the time; 87. My soul wants something that's new; 88. My way's cloudy; 89. No more auction block; 90. Nobody knows de trouble I've seen; 91. Oh, de downward roadis crowded; 92. Oh, de hebben is shinin'; 93. Oh, freedom!; 94. Oh, give way, Jordan; 95. Oh, he raise-a poor Lazarus; 96. Oh, Jerusalem!; 97. Oh, religion is a fortune; 98. Oh, sinner, you'd better get ready; 99. Oh, stand the storm; 100. Oh,. the rocks and the mountains;101. Oh, wasn't dat a wide ribber?; 102. Oh, when I get t' heaven; 103. Oh, yes!; 104. Oh, yes, yonder comes my Lord; 105. De old sheep know de road; 106. De ole ark a-moverin' along; 107. Ole-time religion; 108. Peter on the sea; 109. Pilgrim's song; 110. Poor pilgrim; 111. Prayer is de key of heaven; 112. Put John on de islan'; 113. 'Raslin' Jacob; 114. Reign, Massa Jesus; 115. Ride on rise an' shine====OK?; 116. Rise up, shepherd, an' foller; 117. Roll de ole chariot along; 118. Roll, Jordan, roll; 119. Run, Mary, run; 120. See fo'and twenty elders; 121. Seek and ye shall find; 122. Slav'ry chain; 123. Somebody's knocking at your door; 124. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child; 125. Soon I will be done; 126. Stars in the elements; 127. Stay in de field; 128. Steal away to Jesus; 129. Sun don't set in de mornin'; 130. Sweet Canaan; 131. Sweet turtle dove; 132-133. Swing low, sweet chariot (2 versions); 134. Tell Jesus; 135. There is a balm in Gilead; 136. There were ten virgins; 137. There's a meeting here tonight; 138. They look like men of war; 139. 'Tis me; 140. 'Tis the old ship of Zion; 141. View de land; 142. Walk togedder, childron; 143. Walk you in de light; 144. Want to go to heaven when I die; 145. We are almost home; 146. We are building on a rock; 147. We are climbing Jacob's ladder; 148. We are walking in de light; 149. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?; 150. What you gwine t' do when de lamp burn down?; 151. When the general roll is called; 152. Where shall I be when de firs' trumpet sound'?; 153. Who'll jine de union?; 154. Why, he's the Lord of Lord; 155. De winter'll soon be ober; 156. Wonder where is good ole Daniel; 157. You goin' to reap jus' what you sow; 158. Zion, weep a-low. Library:  Library of Congress (27-10635).

-----  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  xxvii, 236, ii, xiii p.  Library: Library of Congress (LC 72-1595)

Spirituals for voice and piano.  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  19p.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.  The contents of this anthology are individually cited in this listing.

The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett, with introductions by Dominique-René de Lerma and Vivian Flagg McBrier.  Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973.  xii, 195p.: 1. Magnolia; 2. In the bottoms; 3. Enchantment; 4. Cinnamon grove; 5. Tropic winter; 6. Eight Bible vignettes.  The contents of these suites are cited in this listing.  Library: Library of Congress (72-12872).

Individual titles:

8 Bible vignettes, S. 15, for piano (1941).  New York: Mills Music, 1941.

      -----1. Father Abraham.  6p.  Duration: 4:32.  Première: 1942/03/17, Niagara Falls NY, 50th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce, R. Nathaniel Dett.

      ----- 2. Desert interlude.  3p.  Duration: 3:23.

      ----- 3. As his own soul.  4p  Duration: 3:25.  Dedication: To the memory of Carl.

      ----- 4. Barcarolle of tears.  4p.  Duration: 3:46.

      ------5. I am the true vine.  3p.  Duration: 3:33.

      ----- 6. Martha complained.  5p.  Duration: 5:30.

      ----- 7. Madrigal divine.  3p.  Duration: 3:52.

----- Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett).

A man goin' roun' takin' names, S. 30, for low voice & piano (1924).  New York: John Church, 1924.  4p.  Duration: 2:00.  Dedication: Jerome Swinford.

A song, for orchestra.

After the cakewalk, S. 1, for piano (1900).  Williamsport PA: Vander Sloot Music Company, 1900.

America the beautiful, S. 51, for SATB & piano (1918).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1918.  1p.  Duration: 2:30.  Text: Katherine Lee Bates. Première: XI/11/1918.

American sampler, S. 13, for orchestra (1937).  After Philip Morin Freneau.  Duration: 20:00.  Première: 1937/10/02, CBS broadcast.==dates

As by the streams of Babylon, S. 74, for soprano & SATB (1933).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1933.  11p.  Duration: 3:08.

As children walk ye in God's love, S. 69, for SATB (1928 [1930 in Simpson]).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1930.  Première: 1928/04/15, New York, Carnegie Hall, Hampton Choir.

Ave Maria, S. 68, for baritone & SATB (1930).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1930.  6p.  Duration: 2:40.  Text: Frederick H. Martens.  Première: 1930, European tour, Hampton Choir.

Ave Maria, S. 68.  Chapel Hill: Hinshaw Music, 1978.

Cave of the winds march, S. 2, for piano (1902).  Niagara Falls NY: S. C. Fragard, 1902.     5p.

Chariot jubilee, S. 54, for tenor, SATB & piano, or organ, or orchestra (1919).  New York: John Church, 1919.  30p.  Duration: 20:00.  Dedication: Syracuse University Chorus.  Première: 1920/04/22, St. Cecilia Society of Boston.

Churning song, S. 16, for medium voice & piano.  Première: Sillian M. Thompson.  Duration: 2:30.  Dedication: Flora Pierce-Dennis.

Cinnamon grove, S. 12, for piano (1928).  New York: John Church, 1928.  Duration: 11:00.

      ----- 1. Moderato molto grazioso.  6p.  After John Donne.

      ----- 2 Adagio cantabile.  10p.  After Rabindranath Tagore.

      ----- 3. Ritmo moderato e con sentimento, quasi gavotte.  8p. After Henry W. Longfellow.

      ----- 4. Allegretto.  8 p. 

----- Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett).

Cotton needs picking, S. 10, for piano (1924).  Première: 1924/10/24, St. Paul MN, People's Church.

Done paid my vow to the Lord, S. 55, for medium voice & SSA (1919).  New York: John Church, 1919.  7p.  Duration: 2:00.

Don't be weary traveler, S. 60, for SSATBB (1921).  New York: John Church, 1921.  15p.  Duration: 4:00.  Dedication: George Foster Peabody.

Don't you weep no more, Mary, S. 66, for SATB (1926).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1926.      8p.  Duration: 3:00.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, S. 72, for SATB (1933).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1933.  10p.  Text: Ben Jonson.  Première: 1993, Rochester, WHAM broadcast, American Choir.

Enchantment, S. 7, for piano (1922).  New York: John Church Company, 1923.  Duration: 12:00.  Dedication: Percy Grainger.

      ----- 1. Incantation.  8p.

      ----- 2. Song of the shrine.  4 p.

      ----- 3. Dance of desire.  10p.

      ----- 4. Beyond the dream.  8 p.

----- Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett).

Fair weather, S. 11, for piano (1924).  Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1926.

Follow me, S. 19, for medium voice & piano (1919).  New York: John Church, 1919.  8p.  Duration: 3:00.

Gently Lord, o gently lead us, S. 61, for soprano & SATB (1924).  New York: John Church, 1924.  15p.  Duration: 3:30.  Text: Thomas Hastings, after Bahama folksong.  Première: Oberlin,. Douglass Memorial Chorus.

Go not far from me, o God, S. 73, for baritone & SATB (1933).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1933.  10p.  Duration: 3:00.  Dedication: George Whitefiled Andrews.

Go on, brother!, S. 40, for high voice & piano (1942).  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  2p.  Duration: 1:00.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.

Go on, mule, S. 17, for medium voice & piano (1918).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro.,1918.  3p.  Duration: 2:30.  Dedication: Fletcher Bryant.

God understands, S. 32, for medium voice & piano (1926).  New York: John Church, 1926.  Dedication: Katrina Trask.

Hampton, my home by the sea, S. 47, for SATB with piano reduction (1914).  Hampton VA: Hampton Institute Press, 1914.  2p.  Duration: 2:00.  Text: R. Nathaniel Dett.  Dedication: To all lovers of Hampton.

Hymn to Parnassus, S. 42, for medium voice & piano (1942).  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  Text: R. Nathaniel Dett & anonymous source.  Duration: 2:00.  Première: 1942/04/02, North Carolina broadcast, Lottie McCoy.

I'll never turn back no more, S. 52, for high voice & SATB (1918).  New York: J. Fischer & Bros., 1918.  8p.  Duration: 3:30.  Dedication: Hampton Choral Union and Hampton Choir.

I'm a-goin' to see my friends again, S. 31, for medium voice & piano (1924).  New York: John Church, 1924.  4p.  Duration: 1:30.  Dedication: Roland Hayes.

I'm a-trav'ling to the grave, S. 43, for high voice & piano (1943).  New York: Mills Music, 1943.  3p.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.

I'm goin' to thank God, S. 39, for high voice & piano (1940).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.  Duration: 3:06.  Première: 1940/12/10, Library of Congress, Dorothy Maynor.

I'm so glad trouble don't last alway, S. 20, for medium voice & piano (1919).  New York: John Church, 1919.  Duration: 2:50.

I'm so glad trouble don't last alway, S. 56, for SSA & piano.  New York: John Church, 1919.  4p.  Duration: 1:15.

In that morning, S. 46, for high voice & piano (1943).  New York: Mills Music, 1943.  2p.  Duration: 1:10.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.

In the bottoms, S. 6, for piano (1913). Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1913.  Dedication: Mr. & Mrs. Fred Goff.  Première: 1913, Chicago, Fanny B. Zeisler.

      ----- 1. Prelude; Night.  5p.  Duration: 3:48.

      ----- 2. His song.  3 p.  Duration: 2:16.

            ----- for organ, arr. by Gordon Balch Nevin.

      ----- 3. Honey.  2p.  Duration: 1:00.  After the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

      -----4. Barcarolle.  10p.  Duration: 4:55.

      -----5. Juba; Dance.  5p.  Duration: 2:10.  Dedication: Percy Grainger.

            ----- for SATB & piano, S. 76 (1934).  Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1934.  16p.  Duration: 2:45.  Première: 1934, Rochester, Inter-Hi Chorus; R. Nathaniel Dett, conductor.

----- Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett).

Inspiration waltzes, S. 3, for piano (1903).  London: Richard A. Saalfield, 1903.  Dedication: Mrs. Charlotte Dett.

Iorana, S. 37, for medium voice & piano (1935).  Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1935.  Text: Henry Quine.  Duration: 3:00.  Dedication: Robert Gibbings.

Lead gently, Lord, and slow, S. 33, for low voice & piano (1929).  New York: John Church, 1929.  4p.  Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar.  Duration: 2:00.

Lead gently, Lord, and slow, S. 33, for medium voice & piano (1929).  New York: John Church, 1929.  4p.

Let us cheer the weary traveler, S. 64, for SATB (1926).  New York: John Church, 1926.  9p.  Duration: 3:00.

Listen to the lambs, S. 48, for soprano & SSAATTBB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1914.  8p.  Duration: 5:00.

Listen to the lambs, S. 48.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1923.

Magic moon of molten gold, S. 21, for high voice & piano (1919).  New York: John Church, 1919.  15p.  Duration: 3:40.  Dedication: Frederick H. Martens.

Magnolia S. 5, for piano (1912).  Chicago: Clayton F. Summy, 1912.

      ----- 1. Magnolias.  5p.  Duration: 3:38.

      ----- 2. The deserted cabin.  2p.  Duration: 2:17.

            ----- for organ, arr. by Gordon Balch Nevin.  Chicago: Summy, 1918.

      ----- 3. My lady love.  6p.  Duration: 2:56.

      ----- 4. Mammy.  3p.. Duration: 3:19.

            ----- for organ, arr. by Gordon Balch Nevin.  Chicago: Summy, 1921.

      ----- 5. The place where the rainbow ends.  12p.  Duration: 5:19.

----- Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett).

Music in the mine, S. 50, for tenor & SATB (1916).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1916.  15p.  Duration: 6:30.  Première: 1922/02/21, New York, Carnegie Hall, New York Oratorio Society.

My Agnes from Niagara, S. 4, for piano (1909).  Niagara Falls NY: S. C. Fragard, 1909.

My day, S. 34, for low voice & piano (1929).  New York: John Church, 1929.  4p.  Duration: 2:00.  Text: Daniel S. Twohig.

Nepenthe and the muse. S. 8, for piano (1922).  New York: John Church Co., 1922.  Duration: 2:00.  Dedication: Arthur Foote.

Now we take this feeble body, S. 45, for high voice & piano (1943).  New York: Mills Music, 1943.  3p.  Duration: 1:30.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.

O hear the lambs a-crying, S. 65, for soprano & SATTBB.  New York: John Church, 1926.  10p.  Duration: 3:30.  Première: Oratorio Society of New York.

O holy Lord, S. 49, for SSAATTB (1916).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1916.  8p.  Duration: 4:30.  Première: 1916/10/05, Hamilton ONT, Elgar Choir.

O Lord, the hard-won miles, S. 36, for low voice & piano (1934).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1934.  4p.  Text: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Duration: 2:00.

O Lord, the hard-won miles, S. 36, for medium voice & piano (1934).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1934.  4p.

O, the land I'm bound for, S. 24 , for medium voice & piano (1923).  Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1923.  Première: 1923, Oberlin, Douglass Memorial Chorus.  2:00.  Dedication: Lloyd Hickman.

On that Sabbath morn, for SATB.  Minneapolis[?]: Schmitt.  (#1553).

Open yo' eyes, S. 26, for high voice & piano (1923).  Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1923.  7p.  (#19031)  Text: The album of a heart, by R. Nathaniel Dett.  Duration: 2:00.     Library: Library of Congress (1924 imprint, #19496); Spingarn.

Parade of the years, incidental music for orchestra.  Text: for a play by Edward Hungerford.

Pathways of progress, incidental music for orchestra.  Text: for a play by Edward Hungerford.

Peter on the sea, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p68).

Pilgrim's song, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p191).

Poor me, S. 23, for medium voice & piano (1923).  New York: John Church, 1923.  5p.  (#18656)  Dedication: Marian Anderson. Melody taken from Folk songs of the American Negro, by the Work brothers.  Library: Spingarn.

-----  for SATB.  New York: John Church, 1919.  Library: Spingarn.

----- for SATB with piano reduction, arr. by Ruth Gillum.  Bryn Mawr: John Church, 1949.  (#332-40003)  Library: Library of Congress.

Poor pilgrim, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at        Hampton Institute, p169).

Prayer is de key of heaven, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p171)

Put John on de islan', for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p160).

Ramah, S. 9, for violin & piano (1923).  Boston: Boston Music Co., 1923.  7p. & part.  (#6941)  Duration: 3:00.  Library: Library of Congress.

'Raslin' Jacob, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p70)

Reign, massa Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p49)

Ride on, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p194)

Ride on, Jesus, S. 38, for high voice & piano (1940).  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.  4p. (#J.F.&B. 7695)  "Setting requested and made especially for Miss Dorothy Maynor"  Duration: 1:38.  Première: 1940/12/10, Library of Congress, Dorothy Maynor.  Library: Spingarn.

-----  for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p148)

----- for SATTB, arr. by George Lynn.  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1950.  8p.  (Fischer edition, 8505) Library: Library of Congress.

Rise an' shine, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p198).

Rise up shepherd an' foller, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix iv, p79).

-----  for solo, SATB & organ.  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1964, 1936.  7p.  (#7218)  Library: Library of Congress (1936 imprint), Spingarn (1936 imprint).

Ride up, shepherd and follow, S. 77,  for tenor, TTBB & piano (1936).  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1936.  7p.  (#7219-6)  Duration: 1:45.  Library: Library of Congress.

      78rpm: Victor M-879 (Dorothy Maynor, soprano, with male chorus).

----- for SATB, arr. by Louise Grant.  New York: Belwin.  (#1708)

----- for SSA, arr. by Louise Grant.  New York: Belwin.  (#1699)

----- for SSAA, arr. by Hugh Ross. New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1945.  7p.  (#8183).

Rise up shepherd and follow, S. 71, for SATB & piano.  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1932.  7p.

Roll, Jordan, roll, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix i, p52).

Roll de ole chariot along, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p192).

Run, Mary, run, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p18).

Run to Jesus, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p15).

Seek and ye shall find, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p20).

Seek fo' and twenty elders, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p71).

Sit down servant, S. 35, for medium voice & piano (1932).  New York: G. Schirmer, 1932.  (#35805)  Duration: 2:00.  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

-----  for solo & SATB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1936.  (G. Schirmer octavo, 7931; #36912)  Library: Library of Congress.

Slav'ry chain, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p112)

Slow movement on an old Negro spiritual, for string quartet (1915).  Mentioned in a letter of this year to Natalie Curtis Burlin.

So we'll go no more a' rovin', for SSAA.  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.

Somebody's knocking at your door, S. 22, for medium voice & piano (1919).  New York:      John Church, 1919.  9p. (#18210)  Duration: 2:40.  Library: Spingarn.

----- for SATB & piano (1919).  Cincinnati: John Church, 1919.  16p.

-----  New York: John Church, 1921.

Somebody's knocking at your door, S. 57.  Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1932.  15p.  (Theodore Presser Co. part songs for mixed voices, 35197; #35197-14)  Library: Library of Congress.

Somebody's knocking at your door, S. 57.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p144).

-----  for SSAA.  Cincinnati: John Church, 1919.

----- for tenor & SSA (1932).  Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1932.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p172).

Son of Mary, S. 63, for SATB (1926).  Cincinnati: John Church, 1926.  Dedication: Oberlin Musical Union and George W. Andrews.

Sonata, piano, no. 1, F minor (by 1924).

Sonata, piano, no. 2, E minor (by 1925).

Soon I will be done, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p234)

The soul of America defend, S. 41, for medium voice & piano (1942).  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  3p.  Text: R. Nathaniel Dett.  Library: Spingarn.

Stars in the elements, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p162)

Stay in de field, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p22)

Steal away to Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix vii, p111) 

78rpm: Victor M-879 (Dorothy Maynor, soprano,  with male chorus).

Story of the Jubilee Singers; O holy Lord, for SATB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1944, 1916.  8p.  (#6579).

Sun don't set in de mornin', for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p23).

Sweet Canaan, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p188).

Sweet turtle dove, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p164).

Swing low, chariot, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p100).

Swing low, sweet chariot, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p101, appendix p. v).

Symphonic suite, piano, E minor.  Duration: 23:00.

Symphony, E minor.

Tell Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p77)

The ordering of Moses; biblical folk scene (1932).  Text: Bible and folklore.  Duration: 60:00.  Instrumentation: SATB soli, SSAATTBB, 2222 p, 4321, timp, harp, organ, strings.  Dedication: George Foster Peabody.  Première: 1939/V/7; Cincinnati Festival; Eugene Goossens, conductor.  Original title, as M.M. thesis, Eastman School of Music, 1932: Sacred cantata for soli, chorus and orchestra.  Library: Schomburg. 

LP: U.S. State Department.

LP:  Silver Crest TAL-42868-S (Jeannette Walters, soprano; Carol Brice, contralto; John Miles, tenor; John Work IV, baritone; The Talladega College Choir; Mobile Symphony Orchestra; William L. Dawson, conductor).  Library: Lerma.

------ piano-vocal score.  Melville: J. Fischer & Bro., 1965, 1939.  123p.  (Fischer ed. 7230)  Library: Lerma, Library of Congress (1937 imprint), Schomberg, Spingarn, Yale (1937 imprint).

----- Lords, sing together.  Detroit: Board of Education, City of Detroit, 1971 (Afro-America sings).

The song of Miriam, for soprano & SSA.  New York: Belwin-Mills.  (#FEC 9978).

There is a balm in Gilead, for SATB.  New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1981 (Lift every voice and sing, ed. by Irene J. Brown, n14) 

LP: Period SPL-580 (Inez Matthews, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Brice, piano).

----- New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p88).

There were ten virgins, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p72).

There's a star in the east, S. 62, for SSA.  New York: John Church, 1926.

There's a man goin' 'round takin' names, for solo & SATB.  Cincinnati: John Church, 1924.

There's a meeting here tonight,   , for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p182).

There's a meeting here tonight, S. 59,  for SSA & piano (1921).  Cincinnati: John Church, 1921.  10p.  Duration: 2:30.  Première: St. Cecilia Society of Boston.

They led my Lord away, for SATB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1947.

They look like men of war, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p180).

A thousand years ago or more, S. 18, for high voice & piano (1918).  New York: John Church, 1919.  9p.  (#18212)  Text: Frederick H. Martens.  Duration: 3:00.  Library: Spingarn.

'Tis me, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p183, appendix p. ix).

'Tis the ole ship of Zion, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p81).

Travelin' to the grave, for medium voice & piano.

Tropic winter, S. 14, for piano (1938).  Chicago: Summy, 1938.  (#C.F.S.Co. 3063a to 3963b)  Duration: 15:00.

      ----- 1. The daybreak charioteer.  4p.

      ----- 2. A bayou garden.  2p.

      ----- 3. Pompons and fans.  6p.

      ----- 4. Legend of the atoll.  3p.

      ----- 5. To a closed casement.  3p.

      ----- 6. Noon siesta.  1p.

      ----- 7. Parade of the jasmine banners.  8p.

-----Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973 (The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett, p119).

-----  for orchestra.

View de land, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p138).

The voice of the sea, for low voice & piano.  New York: John Church, 1924.  5p.  (#18819-4)  Text: from The album of a heart, by R. Nathaniel Dett.  Dedication: Kathryn Meisle.  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

Walk together, children, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p26).

Walk you in de light, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p24).

Want to go to heaven when I die, for SATB.  (New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix ii, p53).

Wasn't that a mighty day?, for SATBB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1933.  9p.  (G. Schirmer octavo choruses,  7712; #36042)  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

We are almost home, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p89).

We are buidling a rock, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p115).

We are climbing Jacob's ladder, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the  Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p118).

We are walking in de light, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p116).

Weeping Mary, S. 53, for soprano & STAB with piano reduction.  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1918.  8p.  (#FEC 4434)  Duration: 4:00.  Dedication: Bruce Carey.  Library: Spingarn.

Were thou the moon, S. 28, for low voice & piano (1924).  Cincinnati: John Church, 1924.  5p.  (#18818)  Text: Album of a  heart, by R. Nathaniel Dett.  Dedication: Stanley Hoban.  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix vi, p106).

LP: Victor M-879 (Dorothy Maynor, soprano, with male chorus).

What kind of shoes you gonna wear?, S. 44, for medium voice & piano (1943).  New York: Mills Music, 1943.  5p.  Duration: 1:30.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.  Library: Spingarn.

----- New York: Mills Music, 1942 (Spirituals for voice and piano).

What yo' gwine t' do when de lamp burn down?, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p140).

When I survey the wondrous cross, for SSAA.  New York: Mills Music, 1941.

When the general roll is called, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the  Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p166).

Where shall I be when de firs' trumpet soun'?, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p173).

Who'll jine de union?, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p142).

Why he's the Lord of lords, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p151).

The winding road, S. 25, for low voice & piano (1923).  Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1923.  7p.  (#19030)  Text:  Tertius van Dyke.  Duration: 2:00.  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

Wonder where is good ole Daniel, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the  Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p73).

You goin' to reap jus' what you sow, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p28)

Zion, hallelujah, S. 27, for medium voice & piano (1923).  New York: John Church, 1923.  5p.  (#18657)  Duration: 1:45.  Dedication: Reinald Werrenrath.  "As sung by Miss  Baytop"  Library: Spingarn.

Zion, weep a-low, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p196).

On that Sabbath morn, for SATB.  Minneapolis?: Schmitt.  (#1553)

Open yo' eyes, for high voice & piano.  Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1923.  7p.  (#19031)  Text: The album of a heart, by R. Nathaniel Dett.  Library: Library of Congress (1924 imprint, #19496)

        Spingarn.

The ordering of Moses (1932); biblical folk scene.  Text: Bible and folklore.  Duration: 60:00.  Instrumentation: SATB soli, SSAATTBB, 2222 p, 4321, timp,        harp, organ, strings.  Dedication: George Foster Peabody.  Première: 7 May 1939; Cincinnati Festival; Eugene Goossens, conductor.  Original title, as M.M. thesis, Eastman School of Music, 1932: Sacred cantata for soli, chorus and orchestra.  Library: Schomburg.  Recorded: (1) U.S. State Department; (2) Silver Crest TAL-42868-S (Jeannette Walters, soprano; Carol Brice, contralto; John Miles, tenor; John Work IV, baritone; The Talladega College Choir; Mobile Symphony Orchestra; William L. Dawson, conductor).

----- piano-vocal score.  Melville: J. Fischer & Bro., 1965, 1939.  123p.  (Fischer ed. 7230)  Library: Lerma, Library of Congress (1937 imprint), Schomberg, Spingarn, Yale (1937 imprint).

----- Lords, sing together.  Detroit: Board of Education, City of Detroit, 1971 (Afro-America sings)

Parade of the years, incidental music, for orchestra.  Text: for a play by Edward Hungerford.

Pathways of progress, incidental music, for orchestra.  Text: for a play by Edward Hungerford.

Peter on the sea, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p68)

Pilgrim's song, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p191)

Poor me, for medium voice & piano.  New York: John Church, 1923.  5p.  (#18656)  Dedication: Marian Anderson. Melody taken from Folk songs of the American Negro, by the Work brothers.  Library: Spingarn.

-----  for SATB.  New York: John Church, 1919.  Library: Spingarn.

-----   arranged for SATB with piano reduction by Ruth Gillum.  Bryn Mawr: John Church, 1949.  (#332-40003)  Library: Library of Congress.

Poor pilgrim, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at        Hampton Institute, p169)

Prayer is de key of heaven, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p171)

Put John on de islan', for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p160)

Ramah, for violin & piano.  Boston: Boston Music Co., 1923.  7p. & part.  (#6941)  Library: Library of Congress.

'Raslin' Jacob, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p70)

Reign, massa Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p49)

Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, for SATB.  Hampton: Hampton Institute Press, 1927.  xxvii, 236p.  Library: Library of Congress (27-10635).

                 New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  xxvii, 236, ii, xiii p.  Contents of this anthology are        entered by title in this listing.  Library: Library of Congress (LC 72-1595)

Ride on, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p194)

Ride on, Jesus, for high voice & piano.  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.  4p. (#J.F.&B. 7695) "Setting requested and made especially for Miss Dorothy Maynor"  Library: Spingarn.

-----  for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p148)

-----  arranged for SATTB by George Lynn.  New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1950.  8p.  (Fischer edition, 8505) Library: Library of Congress.

Rise an' shine, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p198)

Rise up shepherd an' foller, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix iv, p79)

-----  for solo, SATB & organ.  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1964, 1936.  7p.  (#7218)  Library: Library of Congress (1936 imprint), Spingarn (1936 imprint).

-----  for tenor, TTBB & piano.  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1936.  7p.  (#7219-6)  Library: Library of Congress.  Recorded: Victor M-879 (Dorothy Maynor, soprano, with male chorus)

-----  arranged by Louise Grant, for SATB.  New York: Belwin.  (#1708)

-----  arranged by Hugh Ross, for SSAA. New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1945.  7p.  (#8183)

-----  arranged by Louise Grant, for SSA.  New York: Belwin.  (#1699)

Roll, Jordan, roll, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix i, p52)

Roll de ole chariot along, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p192)

Run, Mary, run, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p18)

Run to Jesus, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p15)

Seek and ye shall find, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p20)

Seek fo' and twenty elders, for SATB.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p71)

Sit down servant, for medium voice & piano.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1932.  (#35805)  Library: Library of Congress, Spingarn.

-----  for solo & SATB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1936.  (G. Schirmer octavo, 7931; #36912)  Library: Library of Congress.

Slav'ry chain, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p112)

Slow movement on an old Negro spiritual, for string quartet (1915).  Mentioned in a letter of this year to Natalie Curtis Burlin.

So we'll go no more a' rovin', for SSAA.  Glen Rock: J. Fischer & Bro., 1940.

Somebody's knocking at your door, for medium voice & piano.  New York: John Church, 1919.  9p. (#18210)  Library: Spingarn.

-----   for SATB.  Cincinnati: John Church, 1919.

                 Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1932.  15p.  (Theodore Presser Co. part songs for mixed voices, 35197; #35197-14)  Library: Library of Congress.

                 New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p144)

-----  for SSAA.  Cincinnati: John Church, 1919.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p172)

Son of Mary, for SATB.  Cincinnati: John Church, 1910.

Sonata, piano, no. 1, F minor (by 1924)

Sonata, piano, no. 2, E minor (by 1925)

A song, for orchestra.

The song of Miriam, for soprano & SSA.  New York: Belwin-Mills.  (#FEC 9978)

Soon I will be done, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p234)

The soul of America defend, for medium voice & piano.  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  3p.  Library: Spingarn.

Spirituals for voice and piano.  New York: Mills Music, 1942.  19p.  Dedication: Dorothy Maynor.  The contents of this anthology are individually cited in this listing.

Stars in the elements, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p162)

Stay in de field, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p22)

Steal away to Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927.  (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, appendix vii, p111)  Recorded: Victor M-879 (Dorothy Maynor, soprano,  with male chorus)

Story of the Jubilee Singers; O holy Lord, for SATB.  New York: G. Schirmer, 1944, 1916.  8p.  (#6579)

[Suites, piano]  The collected piano works of R. Nathaniel Dett, with introductions by Dominique-Ren‚ de Lerma and Vivian Flagg McBrier.  Evanston: Summy-Birchard, 1973.  xii, 195p.  Contents: (1) Magnolia; (2) In the bottoms; (3) Enchantment; (4) Cinnamon grove; (5) Tropic winter; (6) Eight Bible vignettes.  The contents of these suites are cited in this listing.  Library: Library of Congress (72-12872)

Sun don't set in de mornin', for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p23)

Sweet Canaan, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p188)

Sweet turtle dove, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p164)

Swing low, chariot, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p100)

Swing low, sweet chariot, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at Hampton Institute, p101, appendix p. v)

Symphonic suite, piano, E minor.  Duration: 23:00.

Symphony, E minor.

Tell Jesus, for SATB.  New York: AMS Press, 1972, 1927 (Religious folk-songs of the Negro as sung at  Hampton Institute, p77)

There is a balm in Gilead, for SATB