Fantasy in Purple

"Fantasy in Purple" is an undated song Florence Price setting a poem by Langston Hughes. The song is published through Classical Vocal Reprints in a 2010 edition entitled Five Art Songs, edited by Rae Linda Brown.

Composer: Florence PriceText: Langston HughesSong Collection: Five Art Songs

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Fantasy in Purple
by Langston Hughes

Beat the drums of tragedy for me.
Beat the drums of tragedy and death.
And let the choir sing a stormy song
To drown the rattle of my dying breath.
Beat the drums,
Beat the drums of tragedy for me
And let the white violins whirl thin and slow,
But blow one blaring trumpet note of sun to go with me
To the darkness where I go.

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Sheet Music

Florence Price: Five Art Songs (Dr. Rae Linda Brown, ed.)

Composer(s): Florence Price

Song(s): 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)

Voice Type: Medium/High

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