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Southern Harmony (Duckworth)

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Southern Harmony is a minimalist composition by William Duckworth written in 1980 and 1981. It is scored for unaccompanied mixed chorus, and is an original work created through adaptation of shape-note songs from the 1854 compilation Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (first published 1835). Southern Harmony is divided into four books (or sections) that were premiered over the span of a decade. The complete work was premiered in February 1992 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York by the Gregg Smith Singers.

Contents

The individual movements of Southern Harmony are:

Book One

  • 1. Consolation
  • 2. Wondrous Love
  • 3. Hebrew Children
  • 4. Solemn Thought
  • 5. Rock of Ages

    • Book Two

  • 6. Cheerful
  • 7. War Department
  • 8. Condescension
  • 9. Holy Manna
  • 10. Bozrah

    • Book Three

  • 11. The Mouldering Vine
  • 12. Mear
  • 13. Leander
  • 14. Sardina
  • 15. Windham

    • Book Four

  • 16. Distress
  • 17. Nashville
  • 18. Turtle Dove
  • 19. Primrose
  • 20. Social Band

    • References

    Southern Harmony (Duckworth) Wikipedia
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