Langston Hughes

This joyful poem by Langston Hughes uses spring rain as a metaphor for hope and celebrates renewal. Listen for gentle syncopations, a sculpted melodic contour, and a variety of choral textures that fl...

This joyful poem by Langston Hughes uses spring rain as a metaphor for hope and celebrates renewal. Listen for gentle syncopations, a sculpted melodic contour, and a variety of choral textures that fl...

This joyful poem by Langston Hughes uses spring rain as a metaphor for hope and celebrates renewal. Listen for gentle syncopations, a sculpted melodic contour, and a variety of choral textures that fl...

From the large work Black Pierrot, Jazzonia (1923) describes the scene in a Harlem café of the 1920s in which 'six long-headed jazzers play, ' and beautiful girls dance. After a short introductory sec...

The great Poet and essayist Langston Hughes used the power of words to speak out against racism, division, poverty and greed. In this new setting of the poem Give Us Our Peace, we first hear the Afric...

The great Poet and essayist Langston Hughes used the power of words to speak out against racism, division, poverty and greed. In this new setting of the poem Give Us Our Peace, we first hear the Afric...