Eric William Barnum, William Brockleby Wordsworth
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Eric William Barnum, William Brockleby Wordsworth
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- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer Eric William Barnum William Brockleby Wordsworth
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher ECS Publishing
- Order no. ECS13572
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Description:
For SATB and piano, this original setting of Maya Angelou's poem, 'Prayer' is in a soulful 6/8. (The accompaniment occasionally quotes 'Lift Every Voice and Sing, ' which gives you an idea of the tempo and feeling.) Beginning with a series of thanks, the piece has a slower middle section with a series of petitions, beginning, 'For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak. ' Then the music of the first section reappears and the piece closes with a prayer for peace. This is an unusual and powerful musical offering for any occasion focusing on justice and social concerns.