SKU: HL.1140052

UPC: 196288115373. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

Brandon Waddle's new setting of a favorite African-American spiritual, “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands,” coupled with the wandering refrain, “Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler,” takes these traditional melodies and fills them with harmonic interest, a dynamic solo, and luscious piano accompaniment, like only Brandon Waddles can. As a unique feature, there's an optional orchestral accompaniment by Dominic Waddles. If you are looking for a powerful piece to equally feature your choir and soloist for a festival or concert, this is the work for your choirs.

SKU: PE.EP68745

ISBN 9790300762142. English.

Deep River is a 5-minute work arranged for SSAA and piano by American composer Shawn Okpebholo. This beautiful arrangement of the famous traditional song of faith and hope brings calm alongside a sorrowful hope. The slow piano writing is as much an independent part as an accompaniment, helping to bring about a sense of peace and reflection. Deep River was written for the Wheaton College Women's Chorale conducted by Mary Hopper.

SKU: GI.G-009451

UPC: 641151094519.

This traditional African-American spiritual speaks of hope and trust in its biblical references to feasting with all believers at a common table. Steve has shaped his arrangement to be expressive and spirited, with interplay among the four-part voices, developing differently in each verse. The fourth verse mimcs the text of flying with the upper voices while the basses hold the melody. Your choir will sound impeccably polished with this fine a cappella writing.

SKU: FJ.B1762S

English.

This spirited march commemorates the U.S. Navy's first African-American officers, known as the Golden Thirteen. While traditional in form, the work cleverly incorporates fragments of Anchors Aweigh while the trio section is based on the spiritual Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. A perfect concert or contest march that is equally appropriate for Veterans Day or Black History Month.

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Appropriate for middle school and smaller high school groups. Second clarinets usually stay below the break. Parts are written with more independence, and instrumentation increases slightly. There is still adequate doubling in the lower voices. Grades 2 - 2.5

SKU: PR.140401340

ISBN 9781491134450. UPC: 680160684953.

Best known for his settings of spirituals and influence on Dvorák, Henry T. Burleigh was a celebrated baritone, and a prolific composer of original works. FROM THE SOUTHLAND is a suite of six atmospheric scenes of the American south, inspired by Black musical and cultural traditions. FROM THE SOUTHLAND is within reach of intermediate pianists and artistically suited for professional recitals.
In 1835, Henry T. Burleigh’s maternal grandfather purchased his own release from slavery for the sum of $50, and traveled north out of Maryland to begin a new life as a free man. He established his family in Ithaca, NY, and then moved to the bustling lakefront city of Erie, PA, where three decades later his grandson Henry would be born and raised.For Burleigh, the “Southland” that inspired this collection of piano sketches was a distant place that could not have been more different from the physical world he knew, up there in the northern snowbelt. And yet these southern landscapes and vignettes must have been intensely present in his consciousness, absorbed through the stories and songs he first learned at his grandfather’s knee.The music of the South – the spirituals and work songs he heard as a child –would travel with Burleigh throughout his long and illustrious musical life. Even as he progressed through his early classical training, his career as a baritone soloist in Erie’s churches and synagogue, his move to New York to study at the National Conservatory of Music, and his rise to national prominence as a concert soloist, these ancestral melodies stayed firmly centered in his musical identity.When he wrote From the Southland, his only composition for solo piano, Burleigh was just beginning his career as a composer. The art songs that would establish him as one of America’s best known composers in the genre were still to come. And so were his iconic arrangements of spirituals that would bring the songs of slavery onto concert stages around the world, transformed into timeless and uniquely American music.These little piano sketches bring together all the things that made Burleigh the musician he was – the lush, late-romantic style of his time; a broad vision for American music; and a profound respect for his heritage, a memory of the world his grandfather left behind, and a love of the music he brought with him.

SKU: KN.08719S

UPC: 822795087192.

As one of the best-known early American spirituals, this song embodies in word and music the emotions and convictions of the African-American people during the 19th century. The music is well suited to the ability of young players, both harmonically and rhythmically, and offers a wide range of dynamic levels. Duration 2:10. Available in SmartMusic.