[7a] Christmas Spirituals- Mary Had a Baby TTBB Choral score (without piano)

Title: Mary Had a Baby        [ 7a ]

from Three Christmas Spirituals [a cappella]

Spiritual for unaccompanied Male Chorus and Baritone solo

Price:

$ 2.00 TTBB Choral score (without piano reduction) [5 pages]

Quantity:  [minimum of 12 copies]

Series: Part I of Three Christmas Spirituals for men’s chorus

Text/Language: Traditional, English

Origin: African American Spiritual

Setting by: Stephen Mager

Voicing: TTBB  (Baritone solo)

Accompaniment: unaccompanied

Duration: 1:50

Notes: The score is in manuscript, but perfectly readable.

Part One of a cycle of three spiritual settings.

Available separately:

Rise Up Shepherds, and Follow

Part II from Three Christmas Spirituals

Spiritual for unaccompanied Male Chorus and Bass (or Contralto) solo

Rise Up Shepherds, and Follow

Spiritual for unaccompanied SATB Chorus and Mezzo-soprano solo

(Arrangement of the TTBB version, above – performable as a separate carol.)

Go Tell it on the Mountain [a cappella]

Part III from Three Christmas Spirituals

Spiritual for unaccompanied Male Chorus and Tenor (Baritone) solo 

Go Tell it on the Mountain [accompanied] Not part of this cycle.

Concert setting for SATB Chorus, Soprano solo, and Piano [or small orchestra]

Additional Details

Date of Composition: October/November, 1988.

Composed for: The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Stephen Mager, guest conductor

Dedication: To Adrienne Todd Broyles 

Premiere: December 11, 1988. Christ Church (Episcopal) Cathedral, Saint Louis.

Jack Lippard, baritone soloist.