[7bi] Rise Up Shepherds and Follow - SATB Choral score [C major]

Title: Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow              [ 7b(ii) ]

from Three Christmas Spirituals  [a cappella]

Spiritual for unaccompanied SATB Chorus and Mezzo-soprano solo

Price:

$ 2.00 SATB Choral score [C major] (with Mezzo-soprano solo)  [4 pages]

Quantity: [minimum of 12 copies]

Series: from Three Christmas Spirituals 

Text/Language: Traditional, English

Origin:  African American Spiritual

Setting by: Stephen Mager

Voicing: SATB (Mezzo-soprano solo) in C major (See also TTBB version.)

Accompaniment: unaccompanied

Duration: ca. 2:00

Notes: Arrangement (1989) of TTBB version. Performable apart from the cycle. 

Available separately:

Mary Had a Baby

Part I from Three Christmas Spirituals

Spiritual for unaccompanied Male Chorus and Baritone solo 

Rise Up Shepherds, and Follow

Part II from Three Christmas Spirituals

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

(Alternative to the SATB version, above.)

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: TTBB version: Dec. 11, 1988. Christ Church (Episcopal) Cathedral, Saint Louis.

SATB version: Dec. 19, 1993. The Providence Singers, St. Louis Abbey Church.

Adrienne Todd, soprano soloist.