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The central melody of "Simple Gifts" is used in the 2009 song The Sound Above My Hair by German electronic music group Scooter, which utilises bagpipes in the composition. 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 song bears a resemblance to the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" hence the "(Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" in the title. According to lead vocalist and writer Rivers Cuomo , "The Greatest Man" has 11 different themes, including rapping and imitations of other bands such as Nirvana and Aerosmith (both of whom also recorded for Weezer's then-label ...
In the booklet for Rivers Cuomo's demo compilation album Alone, Cuomo describes how the song "This Is the Way" was originally going to be used for the Red Album over "Dreamin'," then called "Daydreamer." Eventually, Cuomo was able to persuade other band members to choose the "epic, 6-minute, symphonic type of art song" Dreamin' instead.
Since Christmas is a time for prayer and praise, it's no wonder that this special day (and all the days leading up to it) is rife with hymns and carols. While Christmas hymns and carols are often ...
Johann Sebastian Bach in 1746, holding his canon triplex a 6 voci, BWV 1076.Oil painting by Elias Gottlob Haussmann.. The Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" ("From Heaven above to Earth I come"), BWV 769, are a set of five variations in canon for organ with two manuals and pedals by Johann Sebastian Bach on the Christmas hymn by Martin Luther of the same name.
Simple Gifts (Shaker song) I Bought Me a Cat (children's song) Old American Songs Second set for voice and piano (also adapted for voice and orchestra) (1952) The Little Horses (lullaby) Zion’s Walls (revivalist song) The Golden Willow Tree (Anglo-American ballad) At the River (hymn tune) Ching-A-Ring Chaw (minstrel song)
Later he incorporated the melody in the incidental music for Racine's Athalie, Op. 74 (1845), and his sister Fanny cited it in the "December" piece of her piano cycle Das Jahr. [1] Also Otto Nicolai's Christmas Overture was based on "Vom Himmel hoch." [16] A 1910 Fugue on the chorale "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" is by Immanuel Faisst.
Goss gave advice in the music that the carol would be best performed solo by a "Treble or Tenor or, alternatively". [4] The writer J. R. Watson commented on study of the hymn that was an example of Caswell's objectivity. He also stated that the hymn develops a dialogue with the singers and the shepherds collectively rather than individually. [1]