SKU: HL.256157
ISBN 9781540015235. UPC: 888680723460. 8.5x11 inches.
The pieces in Warren Benson's one-of-a-kind liturgical, choral “activity book” (for lack of a better term) are meant to be sung, used, enjoyed, admired, and drawn from as a well. This never-before-published collection is filled with the joy of singing and communion, with selections that range from the sacred to the secular, the unison to the contrapuntal, the technical to the simple, the modern to the historical. Each piece is 1-2 pages in length and a very few use keyboard accompaniment. Sacred and secular texts range from the Bible to Dickens and Balzac.
SKU: HL.350799
ISBN 9781705106778. UPC: 840126935950.
The poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing†was written by acclaimed African American poet James Weldon Johnson in 1900 and set to music byhis brother John Rosamond Johnson in 1905. The Edward B. Marks Music Company first published the song in 1921, which remains strongly associated with social justice and patriotism, particularly in African American communities. While at one time it could be found pasted to the back of some hymnals used in African American Churches, today the song is formally printed under headings such as national song or social justice in many modern hymnals. Other versions include a concert setting published in 1978 for SATB chorus and piano by Roland Carter, a setting by Hale Smith for SATB chorus and orchestra also dating from the 70s, and a modern R&B recorded version released in 1990 featuring Dione Warwick, Stevie Wonder and Take 6.
