Description
for SATB, piano
Text by Langston Hughes
Edited by John Michael Cooper
Margaret Bonds described this work as the first choral composition written expressly for the George McClain Chorale. In her own words, “the choir needed a light, gay composition. I knew Langston Hughes poem, ‘Joy’ so well that I whipped out a piece of manuscript paper and started setting the poem right on the counter. In two days I had it finished… The music of ‘Joy’ expresses the joy that I felt in my association with the young conductor who loves music as much as I do”.
This is a digital edition available for immediate download on completion of purchase. For the print edition, see 392-01235.
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