Jesse Ayers :: There's a Stirrin' in the Water; A Celebration of the American Spiritual


 

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Ayers, Jesse
1951-0000
(b Knoxville TN, 26 May 1951). American
There's a Stirrin' in the Water; A Celebration of the
American Spiritual <2016>
solo contralto or baritone SATB chorus
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Choral parts composed by Charles Myricks, Jr.; the remainder, including the solo voice passages, by Jesse Ayers.
The following spirituals are included: Go Down Moses; Steal Away; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; I've Been 'Buked; Deep River; God's Gonna Set This World on Fire; I'm Determined to Walk With Jesus; Give Me Jesus; Ain't Got Time to Die. Musical references to Dvořák's New World Symphony (No.9) also appear.
Source of text: Charles Myricks, Jr. Language: English