Organ - Advanced
SKU:
MN.10-927
Composed by
Morgan Simmons. Non
Hymn-Based, Recital
Music. Instrumental part.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #10-927.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.10-927).
Cityscape dates
from 1992 and was
composed for inclusion in
an organ recital of
Chicago composers as part
of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church's
annual Festival of the
Arts. The theme of that
year's festival was Faces
of the City. This three
movement work, which
depicts facets of the
city, is based on a
three-note descending
scale (C-B-A), the
opening notes of the
popular song, Chicago,
Chicago, that Toddlin'
Town. Coincidentally,
this same melodic
sequence marks the
beginning of OLD
HUNDREDTH, and a citation
of that melody occurs in
the third movement. The
Fourth Presbyterian
Church is located on the
part of North Michigan
Avenue which is known as
The Magnificent Mile.
Each of its Sunday
morning services begins
with the singing of OLD
HUNDREDTH, sung to the
text of the Doxology. The
first performance of
Cityscape was played by
David Schrader, to whom
it is dedicated.
