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.

Related Information

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
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
Jenny Kissed Me	Six Chamber Songs	Voice	Eb4 - Eb5	Leigh Hunt
Lament Over Love	Bluz Set	Soprano	C4 - E5	Langston Hughes
Mid-Winter	Bluz Set	Soprano	C#4 - E5	Langston Hughes
Postlude (Hey! Hey!)	Bluz Set	Soprano	C4 - Db5	Langston Hughes
Prelude (Hey!)	Bluz Set	Soprano	C4 - Gb5	Langston Hughes
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