{"title":"Music from Rudd Moore's opera FREDERICK DOUGLASS","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"truncate-text\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDorothy Rudd Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e was considered one of her generation's leading composers of color, with her music - including chamber pieces, song cycles, orchestral music, and an opera - admired for its high level of artistry and its seriousness of purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoore graduated from Howard University in 1963, where she studied with Dean Warner Lawson, Thomas Kerr, and Mark Fax. Moore received the Lucy Moten Fellowship to study in France where she continued her studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in 1963, and then with Chou Wen-Chung in New York in 1965. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1968 she became a co-founder of the Society of Black Composers in New York City. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs an educator, she taught voice, piano, and ear training courses at Harlem School of the Arts, 1965-66; at New York University, 1969; and at Bronx Community College, 1971.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1985, the world premiere of her opera, \u003cem\u003eFrederick Douglass,\u003c\/em\u003e took place in New York City. Forty years later, the \u003c\/span\u003elyricism and social activism found in Dorothy Rudd Moore's opera Frederick Douglass still resonate. The central aria, the \u003cem\u003eFourth of July Speech,\u003c\/em\u003e takes its lyrics from the abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), whose memorable speech was given on July 5, 1852, during the height of his anti-slavery advocacy work. In his speech, Douglass questions the very idea of Independence Day for people of African descent in a nation practicing slavery: \u003cem\u003eAre the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? \u003c\/em\u003eMoore's opera re-examines Douglass speech and the idea of liberty in which it traffics through music and dramatic focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: .6rem;\"\u003ePHOTO BY BERT ANDREWS, from ACA Archives, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"moore-lullaby-from-the-opera-frederick-douglass-song-version","title":"LULLABY from the opera Frederick Douglass - song version","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom FREDERICK DOUGLASS, sung by Jenny in Act 2, Sc. 2.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Rudd Moore","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45565145153756,"sku":"ACA-MODR-009","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":45565145186524,"sku":"ACA-MODR-009e","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/ACA-MODR-009e_Page_1_b4b0bdf6-9239-4a7d-ae45-305cd9291f9e.jpg?v=1726664721"},{"product_id":"moore-one-at-a-time-two-at-a-time","title":"ONE AT A TIME - voice and piano","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarriet Tubman's aria from the opera Frederick Douglass (1984) by Dorothy Rudd Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAct II, Scene 2 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Rudd Moore","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45565147480284,"sku":"ACA-MODR-041","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":45565147513052,"sku":"ACA-MODR-041e","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Pages_from_MODR-041_Moore_One_df677b79-4b08-4d93-8b07-5a752b1de318.jpg?v=1739231725"},{"product_id":"moore-fourth-of-july-speech-from-the-opera-frederick-douglass","title":"FOURTH OF JULY SPEECH from the Opera \"Frederick Douglass\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew edition of aria, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Rudd Moore","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45565151510748,"sku":"ACA-MODR-039","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":45565151543516,"sku":"ACA-MODR-039e","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Frederick_Douglass_-_cover_test_letter_size.jpg?v=1738731859"},{"product_id":"i-know-your-pain","title":"I know your pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eMary's aria from Frederick Douglass opera, Act 3, Scene 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Rudd Moore","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":46225226989788,"sku":"ACA-MODR-040","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":46225227448540,"sku":"ACA-MODR-040e","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Frederick_Douglass_-_cover_test_letter_size5.jpg?v=1738733913"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/collections\/MooreDorothyhires.webp?v=1754178439","url":"https:\/\/composers.com\/collections\/dorothy-rudd-moore-frederick-douglass.oembed","provider":"American Composers Alliance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}