Composers
Cecil Cohen
1894 - 1967About
Cecil Cohen (1894 -1967) was born in Chicago in 1894. He was educated at Fisk University and Oberlin Conservatory. Mr. Cohen taught for many years on the faculty of Howard University in Washington DC. Many of Cohen’s songs are settings of the poems from Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. His song “Death of an Old Seaman” is featured in the Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers compiled by Willis C. Patterson.
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Works by Cecil Cohen
| Title | Collection | Voice Type | Range | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As At They Portals Also Death | Voice | E4 - A5 | Walt Whitman | |
| Death of an Old Seaman | Voice | C4 - F5 | Langston Hughes | |
| Epitaph for a Poet | Voice | D4 - F5 | Countee Cullen | |
| Four Winds | Voice | B3 - F5 | Sara Teasdale |