SSAA, a cappella
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SSAA, a cappella.
Arranged by Nina Gilbert.
Vocal/Choral, Secular
Choral. A cappella.
Choral Octavo. Treble
Clef Music Press
#80300162. Published by
Treble Clef Music Press
(SU.80300162).
1. Oh, the
Beautiful Treasure; 2. We
Will Walk with Mother and
Mourn; 3. Hop Up and Jump
Up. Explore the American
heritage of Shaker
hymnody with these three
settings of lesser-known,
very appealing Shaker
spirituals. Each brief
setting grows from its
underlying melody to make
an exceptionally unified
arrangement. With a
different technique as
the focus for each
arrangement, these
minute-long pieces make
fine vocalises for your
choir. Oh the beautiful
treasure, with its square
rhythms, horn calls, and
harmonic texture opening
out and closing, is
excellent for teaching
chord tuning. We will
walk with Mother and
mourn, with its smooth,
stepwise, rising and
falling melody, is a fine
exercise for legato
singing. Hop up and jump
up, with its crisp
rhythms and phrase
fragments tossed from
part to part, calls for
rhythmic clarity and
clean entrances and
cutoffs. SSAA a cappella;
13 pages, plus editorial
notes; duration: 3:15
min.; range: g to f;
difficulty: easy-medium;
from the Nina Gilbert
Choral Series. SSAA, a
cappella Published by:
Treble Clef Music Minimum
order quantity: 8
copies.
Shaker Melody
