John Rosamond Johnson (August 11, 1873 – November 11, 1954; usually referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson) was an American composer and singer during the...
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Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson. Johnson was appointed under President Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. consul...
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collaboration. Cole later partnered with brothers J. Rosamond Johnson, a pianist and singer, and James Weldon Johnson, a pianist, guitarist and lawyer, creating...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing (category Works by James Weldon Johnson)
is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of...
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name of Soong Ching-ling (1893–1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), Bahamian-American male composer and singer Babette Rosmond...
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Tree" is an American song composed by Robert Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson. J. W. Stern & Co. published it in 1902. A ragtime hit...
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composed by author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. It was first recorded by The Famous Myers Jubilee...
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playwrights were themselves black, such as Bert Williams, Bob Cole, and J. Rosamond Johnson. Early in the 20th century, blackface branched off from the minstrel...
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Hoffmann "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck...
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Volunteer Infantry. The song was written by Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson, and J. Rosamond Johnson and was sung in their Broadway musical "Shoo Fly Regiment."...
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& Hughie Cannon "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson "Little Tommy Murphy" w. Matthew Woodward m. Andrew Mack "A...
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rehearsal of Cabin in the Sky, Ethel Waters, Todd Duncan, Rex Ingram, J. Rosamond Johnson, Katherine Dunham and her dancers have paused in puzzlement while...
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Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "Mighty...
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The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast (category Musicals by John J. McNally)
the African-American creative team of Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson, and J. Rosamond Johnson. Malevolentia uses her magic to curse the Princess Beauty into...
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such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Henry Thacker Burleigh and J. Rosamond Johnson. Johnson made an arrangement of "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See" for voice...
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photographer J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), composer and opera singer John Lester Johnson (1893–1968), American boxer and actor John Seward Johnson II (1930–2020)...
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his career in 1920 as a classical violinist with the orchestra of J. Rosamond Johnson. Five years later, he recorded with Clara Smith on "If You Only Knowed"...
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Utica Normal and Industrial Institute of Mississippi / Taken down by J. Rosamond Johnson. With introduction by C. W. Hyne. Boston : Olivar Ditson Company...
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the African-American songwriting team of Robert Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson. Set in the royal palace of the fictional kingdom of...
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Itself", The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2006 Whitfield, Stephen J. In Search of American Jewish Culture (Brandeis University Press, 1999), 63...
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Hills) "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" "Dry Bones" (James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson) "The Wabash Cannonball" "Brother, Come and Dance with Me"...
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Troubadours", and in the operetta The Red Moon (1908) by Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson. In 1913, she appeared in the film Lime Kiln Field Day with Bert...
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Bryan m. J. B. Mullen "Fascination" w. Dick Manning m. F. D. Marchetti Words 1932. "Fishing" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson "Following...
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is a New Orleans jazz standard, copyrighted in 1902 by J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, and Bob Cole. It is frequently used at the end of jazz...
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subjects including vaudeville acts. Will Marion Cook, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson were also involved in musical theater. Amos 'n' Andy...
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List of composers of African descent (section J)
Francis Johnson, US (1792–1844) Hall Johnson, US (1888–1970) James Price Johnson, US (1894–1955) J. Rosamond Johnson, US (1873–1954) Victor C. Johnson, US...
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music, and at age seven he began studying violin and piano with J. Rosamond Johnson at the Music School Settlement for Colored People. He made his concert...
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(1872–1952) Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936) Edward Burlingame Hill (1872–1960) J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953) Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)...
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was the maternal grandfather of the brothers James Weldon Johnson. and J. Rosamond Johnson. His sons Thomas William Dillet and Stephen Albert Dillet Jr...
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insurrection As the fruits of the first resurrection James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson's spiritual "Dem Bones", also known as "Dry Bones", was inspired...
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