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Narrator, Tenor, Children's Choir, Mixed Chorus, Jazz Quartet (Trumpet, Piano, Electric Bass, Drums), and Orchestra
2222 - 2200 - timp - narrator, tenor, children's chorus, SATB chorus, jazz quartet - strings
Alternate Title
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
35
Movements
I. Introduction
II. Deliverance - Keep Me from Sinkin' Down
III. Image - This Little Light of Mine
IV. Faith - Mother, Is Master Goin' to Sell Us?
V. Wilderness - I Couldn't Hear
Files & Media
Audio
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Video
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Sample Pages
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Detail
Description
Commissioned by Union United Methodist Church, Boston.
First Perfomance
Dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, conductor; William Brown, tenor. 1982
Recording
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Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
Text: Robert Hayden ( Visuals:Stanley Madeja)
Title Number
Ensemble Type
chorus+soloist(s)+orch/ens
Genre/Theme
Music by BIPOC - AALANA composers
African American experience
Instrument
chorus mixed (SATB)
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chorus children or treble voices
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Tenor
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narrator-speaker(s)
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