[7bi] Rise Up Shepherds and Follow - TTBB Choral score [A major] (without piano)

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

from Three Christmas Spirituals [a cappella]

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

Price:

$ 2.00 TTBB Choral score [A major] (without piano reduction)   [4 pages] 

Quantity: [minimum of 12 copies]

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

Text/Language: Traditional, English

Origin:  African American Spiritual

Setting by: Stephen Mager

Voicing: TTBB (Bass or Contralto solo) in A Major (See also SATB version.)

Accompaniment: unaccompanied

Duration: ca. 2:00

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

Part Two of a cycle of three spiritual settings. Also arranged for SATB (1989).

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

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.

Jay Middleton, bass soloist.