We Real Cool
AUDIO
Performed by Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano, and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
DURATION
2’25”
POET
Gwendolyn Brooks
INSTRUMENTATION
Voice with piano
YEAR COMPOSED
2010
VERSIONS AVAILABLE FOR:
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano (duet)
COMMISSIONER
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
CONCERT & MEDIA USE
Concert use is already cleared.
Media use requires a separate fee to be paid to Gwendolyn Brooks’ estate. It is the performers’ responsibility to contact the Brooks’ estate and pay the fee. To do so, visit https://www.gwendolynbrooks.net/contact
ORDERING SCORES
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TEXT
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
“We Real Cool” Reprinted by Consent of Brooks Permissions.