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Margaret Bonds

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Margaret Allison Bonds (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972)[1] was an American composer and pianist. One of the first black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes. A native of Chicago, Bonds grew up in a home visited by many of the leading black intellectuals of the era; among houseguests were soprano Abbie Mitchell and composers Florence Price and Will Marion Cook.

Top songs

  1. Troubled Water
  2. Montgomery Variations: IV. Dawn in Dixie
  3. Montgomery Variations: Montgomery Variations: I. Decision
  4. Bonds: Songs of the Seasons: No. 2, Winter Moon
  5. Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament
  6. Bright Star
  7. Montgomery Variations: V. One Sunday in the South
  8. Montgomery Variations: III. March
  9. Montgomery Variations: VII. Benediction
  10. Montgomery Variations: II. Prayer Meeting
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  1. Credo: No. 2, I Believe
  2. Minstrel Man
  3. Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water (Arr. for two pianos by Clémentin Bonjour)
  4. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
  5. The Ballad of the Brown King: I. Of the Three Wise Men
  6. Montgomery Variations: I. The Decision – Andante deciso
  7. The Ballad of the Brown King: II. They Brought Fine Gifts
  8. Montgomery Variations: II. Prayer Meeting – Religioso
  9. The Ballad of the Brown King: III. Sing Alleluia
  10. Joy: Joy
  11. The Ballad of the Brown King: V. Now When Jesus Was Born
  12. The Ballad of the Brown King: VIII. That Was a Christmas Long Ago
  13. The Ballad of the Brown King: IV. Mary Had a Little Baby
  14. The Ballad of the Brown King: VII. Oh, Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown
  15. Montgomery Variations: VII. Benediction – A volonté
  16. Bonds: Songs of the Seasons: No. 1, Poème d'automne
  17. Three Dream Portraits: II. Dream Variation
  18. Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament – Doloroso
  19. Simon Bore the Cross: III. The Trial
  20. Montgomery Variations: I. Decision
  21. Winter Moon
  22. To a Brown Girl Dead
  23. Bonds: Songs of the Seasons: No. 3, Young Love in Spring
  24. The Ballad of the Brown King: IX. Alleluia
  25. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
  26. The Ballad of the Brown King: VI. Could He Have Been an Ethiope?
  27. Bonds: Songs of the Seasons: No. 4, Summer Storm
  28. Three Dream Portraits: I. Minstrel Man
  29. Credo: V. I Believe in the Prince of Peace
  30. Tangamerican
  31. Credo: I. I Believe in God
  32. Three Dream Portraits: III. I, Too
  33. Fields of Wonder: No. 1, Heaven
  34. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 2, Dream Variation
  35. Credo: No. 2, I Believe (Arr. L. Downes for Solo Piano)
  36. Fields of Wonder: No. 7, Birth
  37. Credo: II. Especially do I Believe in the Negro Race
  38. Bright Star (Arr. L. Downes)
  39. Credo: VI. I Believe in Liberty
  40. Credo: VII. I Believe in Patience
  41. Credo: IV. I Believe in the Devil
  42. Credo: III. I Believe in Pride of Race
  43. Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man
  44. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 3, I, Too
  45. Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
  46. Peach Tree Street
  47. Bonds: "Songs of the Seasons" Cycle: Winter Moon
  48. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 1, Minstrel Man
  49. Troubled Water for Piano
  50. Simon Bore the Cross: I. Prelude
  51. Spiritual Suite: I. Valley of the Bones
  52. Spiritual Suite for Piano: No.1, The Valley of the Bones
  53. Simon Bore the Cross: II. I Find No Fault
  54. Hold On
  55. Credo: No. 5, I Believe in the Prince of Peace
  56. Spiritual Suite for Piano: No. 3, Troubled Water
  57. Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells
  58. Three Dream Portraits - I. Minstrel Man (Margaret Bonds)
  59. Spiritual Suite for Piano: No. 2, The Bells
  60. Simon Bore the Cross: IV. Who Is That Man?
  61. Simon Bore the Cross: V. Don’t You Know, Mary?
  62. When The Dove Enters In (feat. Davóne Tines)
  63. Three Dream Portraits - II. Dream Variation (Margaret Bonds)
  64. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 2. Dream Variations
  65. When The Dove Enters In
  66. Bonds: "Songs of the Seasons" Cycle: Poeme d'Automne
  67. Simon Bore the Cross: VI. Walkin' to Calvary
  68. Three Dream Portraits - IV. I. Too (Margaret Bonds)
  69. Bonds: "Songs of the Seasons" Cycle: Summer Storm
  70. Spiritual Suite: The Bells
  71. Bonds: Troubled Water
  72. Bonds: "Songs of the Seasons" Cycle: Young Love in Spring
  73. Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet by Ellie Consta)
  74. Simon Bore the Cross: VII. The Crucifixion
  75. Spiritual Suite (Excerpts): III. Valley of the Bones
  76. Four Songs: No. 2, Feast
  77. Simon Bore the Cross: VIII. Postlude Resurrection
  78. Montgomery Variations
  79. Four Songs: No. 1, Even in the Moment
  80. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 1. Minstrel Man
  81. Four Songs: No. 4, What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
  82. Flamenco
  83. Credo. No. 2, I Believe (Arr. for Piano by Lara Downes)
  84. Bonds: Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water (Arr. for two pianos by Clémentin Bonjour)
  85. Four Songs: No. 3, I Know My Mind
  86. 3 Dream Portraits: No. 3. I, Too
  87. 3 Dream Portraits: Three Dream Portraits: Minstrel Man
  88. Songs of the Season: Poeme D'Automne
  89. He's got the whole world in his hand
  90. Joy

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