Song of the Innkeeper's Children - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

Song TitleSong of the Innkeeper's Children - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search)
Composer(s):H. Leslie Adams
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Joette McDonald
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Sister; Baby Jesus; Beds; Bright; Certain; Children; Choirs; Christianity; Christmas; Clear; Cows; Curiosity; Finding; Harmonious; Hearing; Hurrying; Hurting; Innkeepers; Innocence; Inns; Ladies; Listening; Looking; Mangers; Mooing; Moving; Mules; Nativity of Jesus; Night; Peaceful; Religion; Sheds; Shining; Sisters; Sleepy; Slow; Speaker: Child; Stalls; Stamping; Stars; Virgin Mary; Voices; Waking Up
First LineO, Sister, look yonder, out there in the night! (Search)
Year of composition 1992 (Search) Circa
Larger WorkDaybirth: Songs on Texts of J. McDonald (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 14 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: F#4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
NotesAlso available in medium (A minor) and low keys (F# minor) (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceAmerican Composers Alliance (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search)
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