I, Too

I, too sing America, I am the darker brother
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by (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902-1967) , "I, Too", from The Weary Blues, published 1926, copyright © 1932

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) , "I, too, sing America", published 1977 [SAMTBarB chorus and orchestra], from Songfest, no. 5.
by Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) , "I, too", published 1959 [voice and piano], from Three dream portraits, no. 3.
by Serge Hovey (1920-) , "I, too, sing America", published 1950 [voice and piano], from I, Too, Sing America, no. ?
by Otto Mortensen (1907-1986) , "I, too", published 1945, from Four Songs, no. ?
by Kurt Pahlen (1907-2003) , "I, too, sing America"

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