J. Rosamond Johnson

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composer human singer songwriter

J. Rosamond Johnson was an American composer and singer best known for co-writing the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem.

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J. Rosamond Johnson canonical 5
John Rosamond Johnson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs J. R. Johnson ⓘ
J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ
burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
coFounded Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson vaudeville team ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bob Cole ⓘ
James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
composedFor Broadway revues ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWroteWith James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1873-08-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1954-11-11 ⓘ
diedIn New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Johnson ⓘ
fieldOfWork music composition ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
vocal performance ⓘ
fullName J. Rosamond Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Rosamond Johnson
genre musical theatre ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
Rosamond ⓘ
hasInfluenced African American choral tradition ⓘ
hasPart song arrangements of spirituals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement African-American musical theatre ⓘ
notableFor co-writing the hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing ⓘ
contributions to early 20th-century African American music ⓘ
notableWork Lift Every Voice and Sing ⓘ
The Red Moon ⓘ
Under the Bamboo Tree ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
participatedIn Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
sibling James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
Rosamond Johnson (sister) ⓘ
taughtAt New York Music School Settlement for Colored People ⓘ
workedIn New York City ⓘ
wrote The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground ⓘ
Under the Bamboo Tree ⓘ
wroteMusicFor Lift Every Voice and Sing ⓘ

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James Weldon Johnson → sibling → J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ
Weldon → coWroteWith → J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: James Weldon Johnson
Lift Every Voice and Sing → composer → J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ
Lift Every Voice and Sing → musicBy → J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ
J. Rosamond Johnson → fullName → J. Rosamond Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Rosamond Johnson
J. Rosamond Johnson → alsoKnownAs → J. Rosamond Johnson ⓘ