Spirituals of H.T. Burleigh, for orchestra

Instrumentation: orchestra (2.1.2.2.1/2.2.3.1/perc/hp/str)

Year Composed: 2019

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Originally composed for voice and piano by Harry T. Burleigh.

Program Notes:

This arrangement is a suite of orchestrations of Harry T. Burleigh’s versions of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chil’,” “Deep River,” and “Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No Mo’” (also known as “Down by the Riverside”). While the first two are transcriptions, the third song incorporates elements of  New Orleans Jazz in my own variation/arrangement before returning to Burleigh’s.