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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: Three Canterbury Shaker Christmas Spirituals
- SMA 7: Two Dance Songs: Come Life, Shaker Life and Simple Gifts [NEW]
- SMA 8: Two Shaker Prayer Hymns: The Savior's Universal Prayer and
Voyage To Canaan [NEW]
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SMA 1: Piano Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune
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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The Piano Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune are recorded on
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, 19815. "A New Year's Prayer" - Shaker poem by R. Mildred Barker, Alfred, Maine, 1921/
music by Roger Lee Hall, 19836. "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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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 and keyboard.
1. Hymn: "The Humble Heart" - words: Eunice Wyeth/ tune: Thomas Hammond, Harvard, Massachusetts, ca. 1820
2. Hymn: "Holy Habitation" - words: Eunice, Wyeth/ tune: Unknown Shaker composer, New Labanon, New York Shaker Community, 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: Three Canterbury Shaker Christmas Spirituals
For Soloist and SATB chorus with or without accompaniment.
1. Song: The Prince of Peace (1830s) - 1 verse
2. Hymn: Celestial Praises (1841) - 3 verses
2. Hymn: Celestial Choir (1847) - 4 verses
All three of these Shaker spirituals were composed at Canterbury, New Hampshire during the 1830s and 1840s.
They may be performed together or individually.
These Shaker spirituals (15 pages) 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 three 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 and keyboard.
1. Song: Come Life, Shaker Life - Elder Issachar Bates,
New Lebanon, New York, 18352. Song: Simple Gifts - Elder Joseph Brackett, Alfred, Maine, 1848
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SMA 8: Two Shaker Prayer Hymns
These two Shaker songs are arraanged as three or four part mixed chorus a cappella.
1. Hymn: The Savior's Universal Prayer (The Lord's Prayer) -
New Lebanon, New York Shaker Community, 18452. Hymn: Voyage To Canaan - Elder Richard McNemar,
Union Village, Ohio Shaker Community, ca. 1810These two hymns are available for $5.00, US postage included.
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See the Shaker programs
presented by Roger Lee Hall at
An illustrated pamphhlet by Shaker scholar, Roger Lee Hall,
about his forty years of research:
Blended Together:
Discoveries Along The Shaker Music Trail
Shaker music editions by Roger Lee Hall
are available at:
Read about the best known Shaker song at
Joseph Brackett's "Simple Gifts"
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