Deliver My Soul - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Deliver My Soul - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | David Baker |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Biblical text |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: God; Aid; Bible; Blues; Christianity; Delivering; Dogs; God; Hebrew Bible; Help; Jazz; Judaism; Life; Lions; Mouths; Oxen; Power; Psalms; Religion; Saving; Scatting; Souls; Swords; Up-tempo; Wild |
First Line | Deliver my soul (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1986 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+22&version=RSV |
Larger Work | Through This Vale of Tears: In Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmp93ri_XQM |
Catalog Designation | No. 5 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
Premiered By | William Brown (Search) |
Commissioned By | William Brown (Search) |
Notes | Text from Psalm 22:19-21 (RSV) (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/41318/through-this-vale-of-tears (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Tenor, string quartet, and piano (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |