Simple Gifts - A Shaker Tune (arr. c.e. walz) by Joseph Brackett Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct
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Simple Gifts - A Shaker Tune (arr. c.e. walz) Digital Sheet Music
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Simple Gifts - A Shaker Tune (arr. c.e. walz)
by Joseph Brackett Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

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Grandma says that every time she hears this tune, she wants to stand up and dance a jig! Likely the most popular of Shaker tunes, "Simple Gifts" remains a favorite in schools, folk concerts, and houses of worship. This tune gained popularity when it was included in Aaron Copland's score for the ballet Appalachian Spring. The melody has a decidedly traditional Celtic sound, but it was written by Elder Joseph Brackett of Maine in 1848. This intermediate arrangement is in the key of G and begins with 12/8 time counted in 4. The last page moves to a more regal and slower 4/4 meter then returns to echo the beginning 12/8 time to close. 4 pages and 2:10 minutes long

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