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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".
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 ...
The five variations on the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts," for which the score is best known, helped put Thile’s “Little Birdie” return to simplicity ethos in perspective.
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)
"How Can I Keep From Singing?" is an American folksong originating as a Christian hymn. The author of the lyrics was known only as 'Pauline T', and the original tune was composed by American Baptist minister Robert Lowry. The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker or Shaker hymn.
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.
Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010) Wine-Dark Sea (2014) James MacMillan Sowetan Spring (1990) David Maslanka Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2006) Hymn for World Peace (2014) Traveler (2003) Nicholas Maw American Games (1991) Scott McAllister Black Dog (for Clarinet & Band, 2003) Cindy McTee Circuits (1990) Andres Valero Dredred ...
The hymn is widely performed in English-speaking congregations and assemblies. [ 1 ] The song follows the idea of the traditional English carol " Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day ", which tells the gospel story in the first-person voice of Jesus of Nazareth with the device of portraying Jesus' life and mission as a dance.