Three Spirituals for violin, viola, and cello (parts and score) by Adolphus Hailstork
Based on traditional spirituals. Published by Theodore Presser.
Adolphus Hailstork's (b 1941) is one of the foremost African-American composers working today. His style and output cannot be pigeonholed as one type of music--he has written in all classical genres and finds as much inspiration in European models as he does in African-American culture.
Hailstork's ''Three Spirituals'' for string trio is the ''perfect storm'' as his inspirations from African-American and European traditions cross-pollinate. Hailstork's elegant setting of We Shall Overcome is treated like a Bach chorale prelude, Kum Ba Yah is a meditation tinged with gospel harmonies, and Great Day is a no-holds-barred exuberant finale. Intermediate-advanced level, Grade 4.
- CONTENTS:
- 1. We Shall Overcome
- 2. Kum Ba Yah
- 3. Great Day
