Ballad of the Brown King Chorus

Ballad of the Brown King Chorus

Black composer Margaret Bonds composed "The Ballad of the Brown King" in the early 1950s. A Cantata, it is one of her most frequently composed works. The Ballad was written in honor of the African king Balthazar, to text by Langston Hughes. It was premiered in December 1954 in New York by the George McClain Choir.

Duration: 3 minutes (first movement)

Bonds, Margaret (1913-1972)

The Ballad of the Brown King (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_the_Brown_King

The Dessoff Choirs, "The Ballad of the Brown King: I. Of the Three Wise Men" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQE-S3b4FA0

1954

0-10 minutes

English

1950-1999

voice / voix

harp / harpe

piano

trio