Details
- Ensembles:
- Brass Quintet
- Genres:
- Spirituals Folk Easter
- Composers:
- African-American Spiritual
- Publishers:
- Con Spirito Music
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Artist:
- African-American Spiritual
- Arrangers:
- Todd Marchand
- Usages:
- Easter
- Number of Pages:
- 16
SKU: A0.726049
Composed by African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Todd Marchand. Easter,Folk,Sacred,Spiritual. 16 pages. Con Spirito Music #2961431. Published by Con Spirito Music (A0.726049)."Were You There" is a nineteenth-century African-American spiritual that likely predates the American Civil War, and may have roots in a folk hymn known in Tennessee as "Have You Heard How They Crucified MyLord?" It was first published in William Eleazar Barton's 1899 Old Plantation Hymns; and in 1940, it was included in the hymnal of the Episcopal Church with harmonization by C. Winfred Douglas, making it the first spiritual to be included in any major American hymnal.
This arrangement evokes the call-and-response tradition of the spiritual, and features solo trumpet answered by low brass in the introduction and first stanza, solo trombone/low brass trio in the second stanza, and full ensemble in the final stanza. Although appropriate for use throughout the year, it is particularly fitting for performance on Good Friday, Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) and Easter sunrise services.
This intermediate-level arrangement is suitable for ensembles from high school to community and professional musicians.
©Copyright 2015 Todd Marchand / ConSpiritoMusic.com
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- ArrangeMe:
- Con Spirito Music
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Artists:
- African-American Spiritual Todd Marchand
- Ensemble:
- Brass Quintet
- Publisher:
- Con Spirito Music