Simple Gifts

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Song TitleSimple Gifts (Search)
Composer(s):Aaron Copland
Author(s):Joseph Brackett
Keyword(s) & Features: Bending; Bowing; Delight; Free; Gaining; Gifts; Gratitude; Love; Modesty; One Octave or Less; Rightness; Shakers (religious); Shame; Simple; Simplicity; Thankfulness; Truth; Turning; Valleys
First LineTis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1950 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/simple-gifts/
Larger WorkOld American Songs, Set 1 (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsAmerican Shaker Movement (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Aaron-Copland-Old-American-Songs-Complete-Medium-Voice-Original-Keys-296623.html
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6Hvw1gyaIPVCLM6JCZR4q7?si=cvnDqG8DS4Guu-wu4H6qFg
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
Premiered ByPeter Pears and Benjamin Britten (Search)
Commissioned ByPeter Pears and Benjamin Britten (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceBoosey & Hawkes (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200182575/ (Search)
ContributorJC (Search)
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