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Table of Contents:

• Fear / J.S. Bach, Damien Geter ; words by Megan Levad [and Salomo Franck]
• The prayer : I want Jesus to walk with me : [traditional African American spiritual]
• Breathe / words by Aminata Sei
• The resolve : There is a balm in Gilead/By and by : [traditional African American spirituals]
• Hope : continuities / words by Walt Whitman.

Author/Creator:

Geter, Damien, 1980- , composer

Contributors:

Levad, Megan , librettist

Franck, Salomo, 1659-1725 , librettist

Sei, Aminata , librettist

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 , author

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

English (principally) and German words.
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Cantata for a more hopeful tomorrow [by Geter, D.]

Included Works:

Cantata for a more hopeful tomorrow [by Geter, D.]

Related Works:

Based on: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen [by Bach, J.S.] (Selections)

Based on: I want Jesus to walk with me

Based on: There is a balm in Gilead

Based on: By an' by

Subjects:

Cantatas, Sacred — Scores

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with cello

Spirituals (Songs)

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 — Musical settings

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Cantatas, Sacred

United States

Genres:

Scores

Cantatas

Spirituals (Songs)

Derivative works

Musical settings

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 2 ensembles: cello; solo vocal ensemble; mixed chorus

General Notes:

For mixed chorus (SATB), solo vocal ensemble (SATB), and cello; includes piano reduction for rehearsal only.
The 1st movement incorporates music from Bach's BWV 12; the 2nd, 4th movements are settings of spirituals.
Commissioned by the Washington Chorus and dedicated to Eugene Rogers.

Physical Description:

1 score (iii, 90 pages) ; 28 cm

Call Numbers:

M2080.5.G48 C3 2023

OCLC Numbers:

1396453681