Shaker music arrangements by Roger Lee Hall

Shaker Music Arrangements

by Roger Lee Hall

SMA 1: Piano Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune
SMA 2: Six Shaker Rounds
SMA 3: Shaker Song Triptych: May I Softly Walk, Gentle Words, Love is Little
SMA 4: Two Harvard Shaker Hymns: The Humble Heart and Holy Habitation
SMA 5: Ballad of Mother Ann
SMA 6: Two Canterbury Shaker Christmas Spirituals
SMA 7: Two Shaker Dance Songs: Come Life, Shaker Life and Simple Gifts
SMA 8: Two Shaker Prayer Hymns
SMA 9: Six Shaker Spirituals
SMA 10: Two Ohio Shaker Spirituals

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SMA 1: Piano Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune, Op. 1b

This set of 7 variations based on a Shaker Marching Tune for piano (10 pages, about 9 minutes) is subtitled: "A Study in Compositional Styles (Classical to Twelve-Tone)."

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Gentle Words: A Shaker Music Sampler

SMA 3: Six Shaker Rounds, Op. 12

Rounds for 2, 3 or 4 voice parts A cappella:

1. "Welcome, Welcome" - Rosetta Cummings, Enfiedl, New Hampshire, 1869

2. "Let Us Endeavor" - David A. Buckingham, Watervliet, New York, 1873

3. "Morning Bells" - David A. Buckingham, Watervliet, New York, 1873

4. "Christian Love" - Shaker poem by Elvah F. Collins, Mt. Lebanon, New York, 1881/
music by Roger Lee Hall, 1981

5. "A New Year's Prayer" - Shaker poem by R. Mildred Barker, Alfred, Maine, 1921/
music by Roger Lee Hall, 1983

6. "We Will All Go Home With You" - Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1862/
from the singing of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers in Maine, 1970s

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SMA 3: Shaker Song Triptych: Three Humility Songs

The three Shaker songs (about 7 minutes) are arranged for Soloists and SATB chorus A cappella.

"May I Softly Walk" - Shaker song from New Lebanon, New York, 1869

"Gentle Words" - Shaker song by Polly M. Rupe, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1867

"Love is Little" -- Shaker Song from South Union, Kentucky, 1834

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"Love is Little"
(arranged by Roger Hall)

Plymouth Church Choir, Shaker Heights, Ohio John D. Herr,
Director

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Shaker Humility Song

All three song arrangements are available on this CD:

Gentle Words: A Shaker Music Sampler

Read about one of the songs in this Shaker Song Triptych at

"Gentle Words" - A Shaker Song Discovery

SMA 4: Two Harvard Shaker Hymns

For soloist or chorus and keyboard arranged from original manuscript tunes from the now disbanded Shaker community in Harvard, Massachusetts.

1. Hymn: "The Humble Heart" - words: Eunice Wyeth/
tune: Thomas Hammond, ca. 1820

2. Hymn: "Holy Habitation" - words: Eunice, Wyeth/
tune: Unknown Shaker composer, ca. 1848

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SMA 5: Ballad of Mother Ann, Op. 34

For Soloists and SATB chorus, with or without accompaniment.

This majestic ballad hymn was written by Elder Richard McNemar about 1810.

He titled it simply: "Mother" and there were 16 verses.

In 1974, it was introduced at the Shaker Bicentennial Conference at Sabbathday Lake, Maine by Sister R. Mildred Barker, who chose 10 verses and that is the way it is best known today.

The first line of the ballad reads as it has been sung by the Shakers today:

"At Manchester in England this blessed fire began"

The arrangement has 8 of the 16 verses and features sections for soloists and SATB chorus.

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SMA 6: Two Canterbury Shaker Christmas Spirituals, Op. 36

For Soloist and SATB chorus with or without accompaniment.

1. Song: The Prince of Peace (1830s)

2. Hymn: Celestial Choir (1847)

These Shaker spirituals were arranged by Roger Lee Hall and dedicated to Kathy Southworth and the Canterbury Shaker Village Singers, Canterbury, New Hampshire. They were first performed in December of 2010 at Canterbury Shaker Village.

The two Shaker spirituals include background notes and complete texts.

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SMA 7: Two Shaker Dance Songs

These are two of the best known Shaker dance songs.

For soloist or unison chorus and keyboard.

1. Song: Come Life, Shaker Life - Elder Issachar Bates,
New Lebanon, New York, 1835

2. Song: Simple Gifts - Elder Joseph Brackett, Alfred, Maine, 1848

SMA 8: Two Shaker Prayer Hymns, Op. 38

These two Shaker hymns were composed by Roger Lee Hall to poems by
Sister R. Mildred Barker (1897-1990) and dedicated to her memory:

1. Hymn: "A New Year's Prayer" (Search thou my heart, 1921) -
music: SATB chorus a cappella or with piano or organ (2011)

2. Hymn: "A Prayer" (With the dawn of each new morning, 1922) -
music: SAB chorus a cappella or with piano or organ (2012)

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SMA 9: Six Shaker Spirituals, Op. 32

For Two, Three or Four Part Chorus a cappella, or with keyboard accompaniment.

1. "Rights of Conscience" - Issacahar Bates, 1810

2. "Come Life, Shaker Life" - Issachar Bates, 1835

3. "Almighty Savior" - Issachar Bates, 1836

4. "The Millennium" - Tune by Issachar Bates

5. "The Earthquake" - Daniel Moseley, 1811

6. "Reflections on Mother Ann's Birthday" - David Austin Buckingham, 1840

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SMA 10: Two North Union Shaker Spirituals, Op. 40

Anthem: Praise To The Lord (Raise ye your voices)(1847)

A commissioned anthem for Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, Ohio for Soprano and Bass soloists and SATB chorus, arranged from a Shaker melody. The words are by Jeremiah Ingalls Jr. and music by Sewel G. Thayer from the Shaker community at North Union, Ohio.

Hymn: Gospel Truth (Hail gospel truth thou precious gem)(1885)

A hymn for SATB chorus and SAB Trio arranged from a North Union Shaker hymn by Elder James Sullivan Prescott, and the only harmonized hymn that was published from the North Union Shaker community.