Choral Variations on American Folk Songs

1996

Details

Category

Choral

Mixed Extended

Composed

1995

instrumentation

SATB chorus with piano

duration

14 min

commissioned by

Napa (CA) High School Choir

premiered

1996

premiered by

Napa High School Choir, Travis Rogers, conductor

Publisher

G. Schirmer

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1. Skip to My Lou
De Kalb Choral Guild
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2. Let Us Break Bread Together
De Kalb Choral Guild
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3. Love and Pizen
De Kalb Choral Guild
Purchase Score
  1. Skip to My Lou
  2. Let Us Break Bread Together
  3. Love and Pizen

Press

[Skip to My Lou] “Through an array of textural, rhythmic and metrical diversities, we revel in a lively, engaging journey…This is a genuine toe- tapper, guaranteed to generate wide smiles and bring down the house. Each variation of the tune is a half-step higher than the previous key, until, finally, it comes full circle back to the home key of C. “Let Us Break Bread is heartbreakingly beautiful. “Love and Pizen” is a ballad of a man bitten by a snake; his true-love tries to help by sucking out the poison, but fails. It’s a foot-stomping affair: the chorus is asked to make all sorts of hoe-down sounds, including the imitation of banjos…this offering will spring to life in a stunning fashion.”
— Choral Journal
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De Kalb Choral Guild
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De Kalb Choral Guild
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De Kalb Choral Guild

Narration for piano version