Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Composer: JOHNSON, J. Rosamond
  • Johnson published this spiritual arrangement in Boston in 1917. It was originally scored for voice and piano.1
  • This is one of around 150 spiritual arrangements Johnson composed. He published a total of six books of spirituals, several in collaboration with his brother James Weldon Johnson.2
  • In 1921, the Oliver Ditson Company of Boston published Maud Powell’s arrangement of this work for violin and piano. Powell was a strong supporter of Black composers throughout her career.3

Sources

  1. “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (Johnson, J. Rosamond),” IMSLP, accessed August 19, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Nobody_Knows_the_Trouble_I_See_(Johnson%2C_J._Rosamond).  
  2. Sandra Jean Graham, “Johnson, J(ohn) Rosamond,” Grove Music Online (January 31, 2014), accessed August 19,2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002256944. 
  3. “Maud Powell’s Transcriptions, Compositions, Editions, Music Dedicated to Her,” The Maud Powell Society (2021), accessed August 19, 2021, http://www.maudpowell.org/home/MaudPowell/TranscriptionsDedications.aspx.  

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