Same Train [HL:50490629]

Same Train [HL:50490629]

G. Schirmer, Inc.

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UPC:
884088607340
Composer:
Mark Adamo
EAN:
9781458415950
ISBN:
1458415953
Instrumentation:
SATB a cappella
Minimum Order Quantity:
5
Pages:
12
UPC:
884088607340
Format:
SATB a cappella
Subtitle:
Choral
Original Currency:
USD
Vendor:
Hal Leonard
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Composed for Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare, the composer writes: Same Train, in many arrangements seems to sing of good news coming. But – maybe it was the relentlessness, the conclusiveness of the title phrase – I wondered if what was coming might actually have been a funeral train: coming for “our sister, our mother,” and...soon enough for us, too. I thought of so many other spirituals which sing about dark truths in bright music, and wondered if I couldn't use the imitative, “ch-ch-train” ostinato to honor that willfully smiling aspect of the piece, while also freeing the harmonies to make audible the more disconsolate feelings underneath.