It traverses every shade of emotion without spilling over in any direction. Its most tragic utterances are without pessimism, and its lightest, biggest moments have nothing to do with frivolity.
In its darkest expressions there is always a hope and in its gayest measures a constant reminder. Although widely thought to have evolved gradually from group music making over the years, research now supports the idea that specific individuals not groups likely created most of the body of work, weaving African and European influences together into a new art form and teaching these songs to their communities.
This oral transmission fostered a fluidity which allowed for variation. The first written arrangements of the Spiritual for formal concert use were performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in The Spiritual songs of the enslaved Africans have woven the very fabric of most of the body of modern western music—blues, rock, gospel, jazz, pop, hip-hop—the reach and influence of the Spirituals cannot be overstated.
Spirituals have been categorized into five thematic groupings: religious spirituals, freedom spirituals, escape spirituals, shouts and hollers, and work songs.
Within each of these categories is a wide and various emotional diversity, from slow and sorrowful to fiery and syncopated. The songs presented here generally fall within the narrow confines of the concert spiritual with a bit of gospel in the mix. Traditional Jewish Chanukah song, for the lighting of the menora. For voice or instrument and piano. Including lyrics and guitar chords This item is not free anymore, but can be purchased at costs of 1. Traditional Spiritual: "Come and go with me to that land".
For voice or instrument, guitar and bass. Traditional spiritual. For piano or keyboard and guitar. Ein Feste Burg - M. Er nahm Alles wohl in Acht - J. Freedom is coming - Trad. Traditional South Afdrican spiritual, for mixed koor, piano and percussion. Including lyrics, chords ans mp3 sound file. Traditional Spiritual: Glory, glory, when I laid my burden down. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah - Trad. Arrangement for keyboard and guitar. God of our Fathers - G. He's got the whole world in His hands - Trad.
Traditional spiritual, for voice, trumpet, keyboard or piano, guitar, bass and drums. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen - J. Choral from "Mattheus Passion" "St. Matthew Passion" , for voice and organ or piano. How Great Thou Art - Trad. Hymn Gospel song for keyboard, guitar, bass and percussion.
With lyrics and chords. This item is not free anymore, but can be purchased at costs of 1. Traditional gospel song. For violin of other instrument , guitar and bass. Hymn arranged for pan flute or other instrument and guitar. Inluding lyrics and chords. Ich Bete an die Macht der Liebe - D. Joshua fit the battle of Jericho - Trad. Later, he sang and composed music for 12 years with the King's Singers.
His experiences with that group, his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs, and his profound belief that music can unite people, have inspired him both to compose full-time and, through proactive workshopping, to promote choral music worldwide.
Ken Burton is an international conductor, performer, composer and educator. As a workshop leader for groups of all levels of experience, Burton makes regular visits to schools, churches and choral groups all over the world, often working with hundreds of voices. Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music.
His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative.
He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres.
As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. The arrangements themselves are consistently pleasurable, and many are a joy.
Ken Burton. His work seems to go from strength to strength, always writing from inside the style, never doing a fussy or flashy thing where a simple thing will do, consistently providing both an element aof surprise and emotional uplift where needed. Multi-talented Roderick Williams provides a different style of arranging entirely - clever, self-aware, tricksy, virtuoso. The book is attractively presented, not too bulky, and the music, even where quite complex, is clearly laid out and easy to read.
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