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"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual.Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, [1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company. [2]
The six motets consist of poems by British poets and a text from the Coverdale translation of the Psalter found in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, set to music for unaccompanied choir. [1] "My soul, there is a country" Text by Henry Vaughan, set for SATB choir in G major "I know my soul hath power" Text by John Davies, set for SATB choir in B ...
Bach's chorale harmonisations are all for a four-part choir (SATB), but Riemenschneider's and Terry's collections contain one 5-part SSATB choral harmonisation (Welt, ade! ich bin dein müde, Riemenscheider No. 150, Terry No. 365), not actually by Bach, but used by Bach as the concluding chorale to cantata Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27.
SATB/SATB" is used when a double choir is required, as in Penderecki's Polish Requiem. [6] or SSATB, with divided sopranos, is a typical scoring in English church music. [5]: 322 [7] A listing for Bach's Mass in B minor includes the maximum of SSATB soloists and SSAATTBB eight-part choir and also indicates that it contains choral movements for ...
cross-indexing of choral music using criteria including musical genre, period, and number and voicing of choral parts; composer information; description and performance considerations can be included for works; contents of collections of choral music; community discussion such as through "Talk" pages related to composers or specific works.
Op. 44, Spring Symphony for soloists, mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra, 1949; Op. 45, The Little Sweep, opera (libretto by Eric Crozier), 1949; Op. 46, A Wedding anthem Amo Ergo Sum for soprano, tenor, SATB and organ (words by Ronald Duncan), 1949; Op. 47, Five Flower Songs for SATB, 1950; Op. 48, Lachrymae for viola and piano, 1950
Three Shakespeare Songs is a piece of classical choral music written for an a cappella SATB choir. It was written in 1951 by the British classical composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The work comprises three short pieces which are settings of text from two plays by the English playwright William Shakespeare. It is published by Oxford University Press.
A part song, part-song or partsong is a form of choral music that consists of a song to a secular or non-liturgical sacred text, [1] written or arranged for several vocal parts. Part songs are commonly sung by an SATB choir, but sometimes for an all-male or all-female ensemble. [ 2 ]