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Title

The desponding negro : a favorite new song / written by Mr. Collins and sung by him with universal applause in his new embellished Evening brush at the Lyceum ; composed by W. Reeve.

Author

Reeve, William, 1757-1815

Publication

[London] : Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1792]

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Additional Authors

Collins, John, 1742-1808

Description

1 score (3 pages); 32 cm

Summary

An early piece of abolitionist music, no doubt inspired by William Wilberforce's powerful presentation of "The Abstract of the Evidence," before Parliament the year before with the famed engraving of the hold of the slave ship Brooke.

Subject

• Antislavery movements > Songs and music
• Slavery > Songs and music
• Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Songs and music
• Abolitionists > Songs and music
• Songs with orchestra > Vocal scores with piano
• Songs with piano

Note

• Caption title.
• For voice and piano; accompaniment originally for orchestra.
• Version for German flute on p. 3.
• First line of text: On Africa's wide plains where the lion now roaring with freedom.
• First line of chorus: Spare a half-penny.

Source (note)

• of Sidney Lapidus;

Call Number

Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 3 Folder 31

OCLC

16456272

Author

Reeve, William, 1757-1815, composer.

Title

The desponding negro : a favorite new song / written by Mr. Collins and sung by him with universal applause in his new embellished Evening brush at the Lyceum ; composed by W. Reeve.

Publisher

[London] : Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1792]

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Source

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2016. Copy in Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 3 Folder 31, Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Added Author

Collins, John, 1742-1808, lyricist.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 3 Folder 31