About this minute
- Title
- Dream Variation - Margaret Bonds
- Creator
- Margaret Bonds
- Performer
- Laura Gordy
- Performer
- Bonnie Pomfret
- Collections
- Black Musical Histories
- Related resource guides
- Music Compositions , Accompaniment , Chord sequence , Melody , Piano , Piano , Singing , Syncopation , Vocal , Vocal
BMH #5
This minute comes from a piece called ‘Dream Variation’ by Margaret Bonds. Margaret was a successful and well-known African American composer who worked in the mid-twentieth century—a time when few women from her background were able to gain recognition as composers. The song’s lyrics come from a poem by Margaret’s friend, Langston Hughes, and they…
