Song of the Innkeeper's Children - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Song of the Innkeeper's Children - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Joette McDonald |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (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 Line | O, Sister, look yonder, out there in the night! (Search) |
Year of composition | 1992 (Search) Circa |
Larger Work | Daybirth: Songs on Texts of J. McDonald (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 14 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | F#4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | B minor (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium (A minor) and low keys (F# minor) (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | American Composers Alliance (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |