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The 16-page score
for mixed SATB choir and piano accompaniment takes about 4 minutes to
perform.
The harmonies are
often quite dense with the 8 voices all being different, but both
harmonies and voices are also kept natural/classical, which should
make performance easier than what the score might immediately
indicate.
The score calls for soloists, but those should
really be selected members of the choir, possibly taking turns, or
even performing as small groups of 2-3 voices, contrasting the tutti
group.
The score provides a detailed display of the
harmonies used, so alternative accompaniment of for instance a band
or an accordion should be relatively simple, as the piano role is
mostly supportive of the voices.
The voice ranges are
as follows:
First soprano:
D4-G5; second soprano: D4-E5;
Alto: G3-D5;
Tenor: C3-D4;
Baritone (first
bass): G2-D3; Bass (second bass): D2-A3.
The piece is a
satiric ballade, grabbing the irony in Stephen Fosters old
classical song, in which the negro slaves pretends to mourn their
dead master, but really are mocking him, a point that can argued to
be well hidden in the original song (and possibly not even
intended?), but it is brought out here as the pivotal point of the
whole song.
This version is NOT
suggested to be performed at a funeral for a loved one!
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