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2. Simple Gifts - Wikipedia

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   The 2008 song "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" by Weezer makes extensive use of the "Simple Gifts" melody throughout. The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps made use of the "Simple Gifts" melody throughout their 2009 production, "Ballet for Martha".

3. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)

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   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 ...

4. Weezer (Red Album) - Wikipedia

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   The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" is a track that includes piano, police sirens, rapped vocals and Cuomo singing in falsetto. [26] Bassist Scott Shriner was particularly proud of the song saying, "The song 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived' is a masterpiece that includes ten different styles of music based around a ...

5. List of compositions by Aaron Copland - Wikipedia

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   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)

6. Roger Lee Hall - Wikipedia

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   In 1971, he began studying Shaker music and has become an authority on the subject, especially the Shaker song, "Simple Gifts". [3] He compiled and edited numerous Shaker songs and hymns for a series in a national magazine on Shaker culture and has edited and arranged over one hundred Shaker spirituals and published many of them in music ...

7. Air and Simple Gifts - Wikipedia

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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.

8. Category:Works based on Simple Gifts - Wikipedia

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   Shaker members; Pages in category "Works based on Simple Gifts" ... The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn) L. Lord of the Dance (hymn) O.

9. Talk:The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker ...

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