American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook

Song Collection

In American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook, composer Robert G. Patterson set the poetry of Langston Hughes for baritone and piano.

Print vitals & song text

About

The work is organized in three sections:

I. PIERROT’S PASSION

When Sue Wears Red

Midnight Dancer

Love Song for Lucinda

Lady’s Boogie

II. PIERROT’S ESTATE

Words Like Freedom

Go Slow

Visitors to the Black Belt

Dream Boogie: Variation

Silhouette

III. PIERROT’S HEART

Heart

Soledad

Life Is Fine

Videos

2014

Composer(s): Robert G. Patterson