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"Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848, generally attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett from Alfred Shaker Village. It became widely known when Aaron Copland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham 's ballet Appalachian Spring , which premiered in 1944.
Rick Rubin produced "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" with the band between April 2007 and February 2008. [2] In the liner notes of the deluxe edition of The Red Album, Cuomo stated that the song did not originally have the subtitle "Variations on a Shaker Hymn", but when guitarist Brian Bell's mother came into the studio to see them, she mentioned that the melody from the song sounded ...
At the River (hymn tune) Ching-A-Ring Chaw (minstrel song) Arrangement of Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for organ (1953) Dirge in the Woods for voice and piano (1954) The Tender Land; opera (1954) Canticle of Freedom for chorus and orchestra (1955) Variations on a Shaker Melody for concert band (1956) Fantasy for piano (1955–57)
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The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble.
Variations on a Hymn Tune Op.20 (1962) Postlude (1962) Processional (1964) Chorale (Easter 1966) Invocations Op.35 (1967) Toccata Giocosa Op.36 No.2 (1967) Dedicated to Sir David Willcocks on the occasion of his Inauguration of the new organ at The Royal College of Organists, 7 October 1967; Jubilate Op.67, No.2 (1974) Dedicated to Michael Smythe
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Williams based the piece on the familiar 19th century Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" by Joseph Brackett. [8] The source piece is famous for its appearance in Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring. [2] Williams chose the selection from Copland, one of Obama's favorite classical composers. [9] The piece is slightly under 4.5 minutes.