Southern Harmony (Duckworth)
Southern Harmony is a minimalist composition by William Duckworth written in 1980 and 1981. It is scored for unaccompanied mixed chorus, and is an original work created through adaptation of shape-note songs from the 1854 compilation Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (first published 1835). Southern Harmony is divided into four books (or sections) that were premiered over the span of a decade. The complete work was premiered in February 1992 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York by the Gregg Smith Singers.
Movements
The individual movements of Southern Harmony are:
Book One
- Consolation
- Wondrous Love
- Hebrew Children
- Solemn Thought
- Rock of Ages
Book Two
- Cheerful
- War Department
- Condescension
- Holy Manna
- Bozrah
Book Three
- The Mouldering Vine
- Mear
- Leander
- Sardina
- Windham
Book Four
- Distress
- Nashville
- Turtle Dove
- Primrose
- Social Band
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References
- Monroe Street Music
- Southern Harmony compact disk
- Silverman, Adam. "Stylistic Combination and Methodical Construction in William Duckworth's Southern Harmony". Contemporary Music Review Volume 20, Number 4, 2001, pp. 45-59 (15).
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