Southern Harmony (Duckworth)
- Southern Harmony (Duckworth)
"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. "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.
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
* Monroe Street Music [http://www.monroestreet.com/duckworth/mainwks.html]
* "Southern Harmony" compact disk [http://www.lovely.com/titles/cd2033.html]
* SIlverman, Adam. "Stylistic Combination and Methodical Construction in William Duckworth's Southern Harmony". "Contemporary Music Review" Volume 20, Number 4, 2001, pp. 45-59 (15). [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/gcmr/2001/00000020/00000004/art00004?crawler=true]
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