Easy Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.561937 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Samuel Stokes. Children,Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Score. 1 pages. SamuelStokesMusic.com #4631285. Published by SamuelStokesMusic.com (A0.561937). This is as an arrangement of Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child for easy piano.  Learn more about Samuel Stokes at https://www.SamuelStokesMusic.com.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1046304 By Christopher Alexander. By Traditional Spiritual. Arranged by Christopher Alexander. Praise & Worship,Sacred,Spiritual,Traditional. Score. 12 pages. Christopher Alexander #650817. Published by Christopher Alexander (A0.1046304). This melancholy and sorrowful spiritual grants so much emotion behind it, it needed an arrangement to fit. As easily as this piece begins, it is soon clear there is some powerful upcoming moments. You will soon find more dissonances and thickening of chords that you will feel yourself digging into the piano keys and even more into the spiritual itself. This piece will become a moving experience by the piano player and audience alike.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1125685 Composed by African-American Spiritual. Arranged by John Lehrack. Folk,Religious,Sacred,Spiritual,Traditional. Score. 4 pages. GGLS Publishing #726419. Published by GGLS Publishing (A0.1125685). This arrangement begins simply as a song sung to comfort one's self. The meter than changes, feeling a little more urgent and a heartbeat is introduced in the left hand which remains for most of the work. This can be interpreted as a fetal heartbeat, the heartbeat of the singer or the listener. It ebbs and flow, becoming at times more urgent and then more restful. The modulation into the third verse is coupled with a key change, intended to convey a stronger, more sorrowful emotion. The work ends in quiet with the person alone. Alone. This is the seventh installment in my Contemplative Spirituals for Piano collection.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1513002 By African-American Spiritual. By Traditional, first cited in Old Plantation Hymns by William Barton (1861-1930). Arranged by Teresa Young. 19th Century,Blues,Early Music,Folk,Traditional. Score. 2 pages. Teresa Young #1087887. Published by Teresa Young (A0.1513002). Teresa Young's arrangement of the hauntingly beautiful African-American hymn (Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child for piano and voice is spare but powerful. Set in G minor, the piano accompaniment sets the mood and complements the sung melody rather than doubling it. The left-hand part uses the lowest register of the piano, helping to convey the heavy weight of this lament first sung unaccompanied by enslaved workers in the American South. Teresa's version in A minor is available here too. Just search Motherless Child Teresa Young to see both.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918262 Arranged by Dillon's Music Group. African. Score. 3 pages. Dillon's Music Group #6013055. Published by Dillon's Music Group (A0.918262). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child is traced back to the era of slavery.  It's an expression of pain and despair as the lyrics describe the hopelessness of a child torn from its parents.  Steal Away is a song with a coded message, not only about having faith in God, but messages about slaves running away to seek their freedom.  Sung softly in the dark of night, it was a signal that the coast was clear and now was the time to escape their bondage.  They sang hopefully:  Steal away, steal away, Steal away to Jesus! Steal away, steal away home, I ain't got long to stay here. (included in Brenda Dillon's African American Collection)About the arranger:  Brenda Dillon is best known for her contributions to the Recreational Music Making movement.  She served on the RMM Committee that designed the RMM Track for MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday.  She also presented group piano and RMM sessions throughout the U.S.  In addition to serving as a teacher trainer, she has written extensive articles on both group piano and RMM teaching.  She has publications with Hal Leonard and Alfred listed on her website (www.brendadillon.com).

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.779048 Composed by Don Hodell Chilcote. Arranged by Don Hodell Chilcote. Blues,Gospel,Jazz,Spiritual. Score. 4 pages. Don Hodell Chilcote #5221919. Published by Don Hodell Chilcote (A0.779048). Sometimes I Feel like A Motherless Child is for piano solo or ensemble. This is a spiritual tune with some great improv and chord changes. 2 page piano setting arrangement is challenging but not overly so, and well worth the effort to learn. Fun tune to learn and improvise over. I used it in church for a prayer and it was well received with a jamming drummer.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.866169 Composed by Negro Spiritual. Arranged by Mario M. Pearson. Gospel,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 6 pages. Empee music #3628331. Published by empee music (A0.866169). An accessible arrangement for SATB choir and up to two soloists.  The demo recording features two soloists singing in a Gospel style while the choir provides background harmonies and also has a chance to ring out the text sometimes I feel like a motherless child!.

Clarinet Duet Clarinet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.692483 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Folk. 2 scores. 1 pages. A. J. Cornell Publications #6560053. Published by A. J. Cornell Publications (A0.692483). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arranged for easy clarinet duet

Trumpet Duet Trumpet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.692503 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Folk. Score. 1 pages. A. J. Cornell Publications #6560731. Published by A. J. Cornell Publications (A0.692503). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arranged for easy trumpet duet

Violin Duet Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.692543 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Folk. 1 pages. A. J. Cornell Publications #6560877. Published by A. J. Cornell Publications (A0.692543). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arranged for easy violin duet

Alto Saxophone Duet Alto Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.692523 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Folk. 2 scores. 1 pages. A. J. Cornell Publications #6560815. Published by A. J. Cornell Publications (A0.692523). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arranged for easy alto sax duet

Flute Duet Flute - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.692463 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Folk. Score. 1 pages. A. J. Cornell Publications #6559259. Published by A. J. Cornell Publications (A0.692463). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arranged for easy flute duet

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1509433 By African-American Spiritual. By Traditional, first cited in Old Plantation Hymns by William Barton (1861-1930). Arranged by Teresa Young. 19th Century,Blues,Early Music,Folk,Traditional. Score. 2 pages. Teresa Young #1084672. Published by Teresa Young (A0.1509433). Teresa Young's arrangement of the hauntingly beautiful African-American hymn (Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child for piano and voice is spare but powerful. Set in A minor, the piano accompaniment sets the mood and complements the sung melody rather than doubling it. The left-hand part uses the lowest register of the piano, helping to convey the heavy weight of this lament first sung unaccompanied by enslaved workers in the American South.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.879230 Composed by Dennis Frayne. Arranged by Dennis Frayne. Folk,Spiritual,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Presto! It's Music Magic Publishing #6035985. Published by Presto! It's Music Magic Publishing (A0.879230). Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, an African American spiritual, arranged for intermediate piano. Includes lyrics and both Do-based and La-based minor mode solfege syllables.

Chorus - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PO-0003267 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - SAB. Arranged by Jay Althouse. Secular Choral. 6 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PO-0003267. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PO-0003267). UPC: 038081488431.Adapted from Jay's popular American Folk Songs for Solo Singers, this remarkable new choral arrangement works beautifully. The languid minor-key melody is passed from soloist to choir and part to part, often accompanied by mournful background vocals. Not difficult to perform, but appropriately weighty.