Choir Secular (2-Part
choir)
SKU:
AP.48887
Arranged by
Russell L. Robinson.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
Folk; Multicultural;
Sacred; World. Choral
Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred
Music #00-48887.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48887).
UPC:
038081562117. English.
West Indies Folk
Song.
A great fit
for choirs of any age or
ability! Harry Belafonte
sang this joyful West
Indies song on his 1956
album Calypso. Dr.
Robinson's arrangement
has just the right amount
of repetition versus
development, and will
come together quickly
with intuitive voice
leading and some
stylistic syncopation.
One a cappella refrain
just after the key change
features the conga to
keep the groove going,
and a final descant adds
a rhythmic counterline
above. Build up the
Jamaican vibe with our
light SoundTrax
accompaniment or the
notated percussion part
(available free online).
The theme: build your
house on solid
ground.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs
Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
works, folk song
settings, spiritual
arrangements, choral
masterworks, and holiday
selections suitable for
use in concerts,
festivals, and
contests.
