Oppression

Oppression, scored for high voice and piano, is the second song in the cycle Then, Here and Now.

Date: 2021Composer: Rosephanye PowellText: SpiritualSong Collection: Then, Here, and Now

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For Darryl Taylor, countertenor and founder, African American Art Song Alliance, in remembrance of all who have suffered injustice and oppression around the world.

Oppression utilizes text from the spiritual Go down, Moses.

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