SKU: HX.179736

SKU: A0.850760

A gospel song which became a protest song and the signal anthem of the civil rights movement, We Shall Overcome is commonly believed to be lyrically descended from I'll Overcome Some Day, a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley. The modern version was first contributed to the People's Songs Bulletin by Zilphia Horton, who said she had learned it from tobacco workers organizer Lucille Simmons in 1945. It became associated with the civil rights movement in 1959 when Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger began using their version at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. Within a year, it had spread across the south, becoming the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement.

This simple solemn version for two clarinets and piano is offered for contemporary use. The first clarinet part is well within reach of second or third year students while the second clarinet stays below the break at all times, making it accessible by good first year players.

This arrangement is copyright 2021 by Spike Maiden Müller. All rights reserved. You may contact Spike at his web site at www.derspike.com



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SKU: HX.179734

SKU: A0.936607

A simple acapella  SATB arrangement  with optional chord symbols of this classic song .  The song moved from a labour movement song,  with Pete’ Seeger's inspiration, to  a civil rights movement song . Sung by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary,  Bruce Springsteen and many other during the 60's uprising and at Obama's inauguration in front of the White House  in 2010   - it can be sung as a protest song or a church song or any time that the spirit needs moving and we need to remind ourselves of our social connection and ability to move together as one.