Name: Freedom Rhapsody (arr. John Ivor Holland) by James Curnow Concert Band Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Ivor Holland
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Freedom Rhapsody (arr. John Ivor Holland)
by James Curnow Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Freedom Rhapsody (arr. John Ivor Holland)

Artist James Curnow

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer James Curnow

Arranger John Ivor Holland

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 80

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher John Ivor Holland

Level 2

Product ID 1798042

Genre Spiritual World Festival Contemporary Contest Multicultural 21st Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

"Freedom Rhapsody" is a set of brief variations based on the spiritual Follow the Drinking Gourd. The composition moves through four contrasting moods; Yearning to be free; Anticipation; Reflection; and Celebration. The folksong on which it is based is of African-American origin and first published in 1928. The "drinking gourd" is another name for the Big Dipper in the night sky; folklore has it that enslaved people in the United States used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost during their journey of escape to the North and to freedom. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the Underground Railroad, called Peg Leg Joe, to guide some fugitive slaves, and many of the lyrics are simply cartographic directions to advise the runaways on their escape route. While the song may possibly refer to some lost fragment of history, the origin and context remain a mystery. This fresh arrangement for concert band has been created from the original for string orchestra and would make a poignant addition to any concert marking Black History or celebrations of Freedom.

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