Composers

John Duncan

1913 - 1975

About

John Duncan (1913-1975) received the B.M. and M.M. from Temple University and studied further at New York University. He was an arranger for jazz groups in Philadelphia. Duncan was on the faculty at Samuel Huston College and Alabama State University, 1939 - 1975. He wrote many compositions, although few were published, but many were performed on university campuses throughout the South. Among his compositions were: "Three Proclamations for Trombone and String Quartet," "Concert for Trombone and Orchestra," "Atavistic for String Quartet," "Gideon and Eliza," "An Easter Canticle," and others.

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Works by John Duncan

Title Collection Voice Type Range Poet
A Birthday Six Chamber Songs Voice Db4 - Eb5 Christina Regina Giorgetti
A Song Three Obscurants Tenor Eb3 - B4 Paul Laurence Dunbar
Cold Icy Hand Shadows of the Cross: a Vocal Triptich High D4-G5
Dirge for an Infant Voice E4-E5 Leigh Hunt
Elegiac Pastorale Six Chamber Songs Voice C4 - B5
I Do Not Love Thee Three Obscurants Tenor F#3 (Opt. C#3) - A4 Carolina Elizabeth Sarah Norton
I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden Six Chamber Songs Voice D4 - F5 Percy Bysshe Shelley
I Have a Rendezvous with Death Two Rhapsodies for Baritone and Orchestra Baritone B2-F4 Edgar Allen Poe
I Love My Blessed Savior Shadows of the Cross: a Vocal Triptich High Ab4-F5
Jenny Kissed Me Six Chamber Songs Voice Eb4 - Eb5 Leigh Hunt
Jesus Rides That Milk White Horse Shadows of the Cross: a Vocal Triptich High E4-A5
Lament Over Love Bluz Set Soprano C4 - E5 Langston Hughes
Lenore Two Rhapsodies for Baritone and Orchestra Baritone C3-A4 Edgar Allen Poe
Meditation Voice D4-Eb5 A. K. Nyabongo
Mid-Winter Bluz Set Soprano C#4 - E5 Langston Hughes
Morbid Visions Voice C4-F5 Charles G. McKinney
Postlude (Hey! Hey!) Bluz Set Soprano C4 - Db5 Langston Hughes
Prelude (Hey!) Bluz Set Soprano C4 - Gb5 Langston Hughes
Sence you Went Away Voice, Baritone B2-F#4 James Weldon Johnson
She Is Not Fair To Outward View Six Chamber Songs Voice C#4 - F#5 Hartley Coleridge
So We'll Go No More A-Roving Six Chamber Songs Voice E4 - G5 Lord Byron
Suicide Bluz Set Soprano C4 - Eb5 Langston Hughes
To Eliza Three Obscurants Tenor Eb3 - B4 George Moses Horton
Title Published Size Solo with Ensemble Duration Range Level Orchestration
Pastoral Poem for Flute and Orchestra No Full Orchestra Flute 5-10 Professional 1121-1110-tmp, str