William Levi Dawson (composer)

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William Levi Dawson graduated at Tuskegee Institute and became a Professor and the director of the choir at the same institution, in 1931. He was called the “Dean of African-American Choral composers", for he arranged many Negro spirituals for choirs.
The Tuskegee Choir was invited by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. It ws the first African-American organization to appear at Constitution Hall, Washington DC (1946).
William L. Dawson directed also the Fisk University Choir.

Annotation last modified on 2012-01-12 19:52 UTC.

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YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1993Still: Symphony no. 2 "Song of a New Race" / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: HarlemWilliam Grant Still, William Levi Dawson, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1
1997The Spirituals of William L. DawsonWilliam L. Dawson; The St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong1
2001Ellington: Suite from "The River" / Harlem / Solitude / Dawson: Negro Folk SymphonyDuke Ellington, William Levi Dawson; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1
2007Brahms: Serenade no. 1 / Dawson: Negro Folk SymphonyBrahms, Dawson; Stokowski1
2020Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Kay: Fantasy Variations / Umbrian SceneWilliam Dawson, Ulysses Kay; ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen2
2023Lyric for Strings • Folksongs for Orchestra • Lilacs for Voice & Orchestra • Negro Folk SymphonyWalker, Dawson; Seattle Symphony1
2023Price: Symphony no. 4 / Dawson: Negro Folk SymphonyFlorence Price, William Dawson; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin2

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