Spirituals -12 Arrangements for Variable Instrumentation- 12 Arrangements for Variable Instrumentation

Arranger: Buckland, Graham
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Difficulty: 3
Description:
Graham Buckland has arranged a rich variety of spirituals in this edition for variable instrumental ensemble. This edition consists of a full score and five individual instrumental parts. The full score includes a part of piano, keyboard or guitar and also contains the texts to the spirituals for a singer. In some cases additional vocal parts ad libitum are added. All arrangements are compatible with the edition for choir „64 Spirituals a cappella“ (BA 7574).

The parts include:

• Melody I in C and Bb (violin clef)

• Melody II in C and Bb (violin clef)

• Melody III in C (violin clef; bass clef)

• Melody III in C and F (viola clef; horn part)

• Melody III in Bb and Eb (violin clef)

• For variable ensemble

• Texts to the spirituals included for singers

• Level of difficulty: easy to medium

• Compatible with „64 Spirituals a cappella“ (BA 7574)

From the contents:

„Joshua“ / „Go down Moses“ / „Wade in the water“ / „Open the window“ / „Amen – Mary had a baby“ / „Go tell it on the mountain“ / „King of kings“ / „O when the saints go marching in“ / „Hard trials“ / „It’s me, O Lord“ / „O sinner man“ / „Amazing grace“ I and II